Yes, right! I adapted the wiki page and added this as the second idea.
Regards, Jakob 2010/6/8 Mike Kienenberger <mkien...@gmail.com> > The same pattern used in the example test() method can be used in the > WebappTestCase superclass. Thus you can provide preconfigured > superclasses without requiring superclasses. > > public class WebappTestCase { > > public void setUpWebapp() { > webAppTester = new WebappTestCaseHelper(); > webAppTester.setUpWebapp(); > } > > public void tearDownWebapp() { > webAppTester.tearDownWebapp(); > webAppTester = null; > } > > public void input(String value) { > return webAppTester.input(value); > } > > [...] > } > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Jakob Korherr <jakob.korh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > > Thanks for looking at this! > > > > The input().into() will most likely just delegate to HtmlUnit to set the > > values on the current page. Thus inputting into a non-rendered field will > > not be possible. > > > > Yes, actually Gerhard and I are currently talking about this. On the one > > hand we want to have the chance to provide preconfigured super-classes > > (mostly for extension testing - see ExtensionTestCase on the wiki page) > and > > on the other hand we don't want to use super-classes at all. That's why > > Gerhard suggested something like > > @Configuration(SomeConfigurationClass.class) instead of inheritance. In > this > > way we would also be able to provide preconfigured configurations. > > Furthermore the input() and assert() methods would have to be moved to > some > > helper class, right. > > > > I will update the wiki page with this information. > > > > Do you have some other ideas about it? > > > > Regards, > > Jakob > > > > > > 2010/6/8 Mike Kienenberger <mkien...@gmail.com> > >> > >> Looks very interesting. > >> > >> > >> Can you add an example test showing what it would look like to test if > >> a component was rendered? Design note: attempting to input().into() > >> a non-rendered component (or otherwise manipulate a non-rendered > >> component from the tests) should raise an assertion. > >> > >> > >> Is it possible to design the WebappTestCase class to delegate calls to > >> another class so that tests do not have to extend WebappTestCase, or > >> will this cause problems with the annotation configuration? There > >> are other testing frameworks out there that already require a specific > >> TestCase superclass, so this should be avoided if possible. > >> > >> Ideally, you would have a WebappTestCaseHelper class with the > >> functionality of the current WebappTestCase, then have a new > >> WebappTestCase delegate to WebappTestCaseHelper. > >> > >> Then if you need to extend a different testcase base, you could work > >> with WebappTestCaseHelper directly instead. > >> > >> For example, if WebappTestCaseHelper were static, > >> > >> import static WebappTestCaseHelper.input; > >> > >> public void setup() { > >> WebappTestCaseHelper.setUpWebapp(); > >> } > >> > >> public void tearDown() { > >> WebappTestCaseHelper.tearDownWebapp(); > >> } > >> > >> public void test() { > >> input("value").into("id"); > >> } > >> > >> or if WebappTestCaseHelper were an instance: > >> > >> > >> public WebappTestCaseHelper webAppTester; > >> > >> public void setup() { > >> webAppTester = new WebappTestCaseHelper(); > >> webAppTester.setUpWebapp(); > >> } > >> > >> public void tearDown() { > >> webAppTester.tearDownWebapp(); > >> webAppTester = null; > >> } > >> > >> public void test() { > >> webAppTester.input("value").into("id"); > >> } > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Jakob Korherr <jakob.korh...@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > Hi guys, > >> > > >> > Cosmin, Gerhard and I have been working on an initial API proposal for > >> > the > >> > GSoC project "Automated webapptests for MyFacescore + extensions". You > >> > can > >> > find the proposal in the MyFaces wiki at > >> > http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/AutomatedWebappTestsAPI > >> > > >> > With the help of this API it will be possible to run automated tests > >> > against > >> > the real JSF implementation running in a container (e.g. Jetty). > >> > > >> > It would be very great if you could take a look at the proposal and > tell > >> > us > >> > what you think about it or how you would change it. > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance! > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > Jakob > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Jakob Korherr > >> > > >> > blog: http://www.jakobk.com > >> > twitter: http://twitter.com/jakobkorherr > >> > work: http://www.irian.at > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jakob Korherr > > > > blog: http://www.jakobk.com > > twitter: http://twitter.com/jakobkorherr > > work: http://www.irian.at > > > -- Jakob Korherr blog: http://www.jakobk.com twitter: http://twitter.com/jakobkorherr work: http://www.irian.at