On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Jesse Sightler <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Jesse Sightler <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I can see where this could get complicated (parsing link reports).
>>>  Perhaps an workaround would be to give the user the option to only compile
>>> classes directly referenced by TestRunner (and the test cases associated
>>> with it)?
>>>
>>> When done this way, I could add a reference to "new App()" in one of my
>>> test cases, and the Flex compiler would figure out the rest.
>>>
>>
>> The problem letting flex compiler dealing with the problem is the coverage
>> report would be unreliable.... it will give you 100% of class coverage every
>> time....  even if you have ZERO tests.
>>
>
> I'm not sure why that would be the case.  Assuming that the entire swf is
> instrumented, and that the instrumentation knows how many class files are in
> the SWF (and thus a correct line count), then only the lines actually run
> would be shown as covered.
>
> If I placed the "new App()" line in a method that is never called (a common
> way to force inclusion without actually executing the codepath), then the
> swf should include all relevant classes, but only the lines actually run by
> my test case(s) would be excersized.
>

The key word here is IF, if you add.....  this manual actions users tend to
forget.



>
> Then, the report should be correct, based upon the actual classes in the
> SWF.
>
> Or am I missing something about the way in which apparat calculates line
> count?  Ie, why should the apparat report include lines that are never
> executed at all because of this change?
>
> Thanks,
> Jess
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> It would not help with some of the scenarios that you mention (as it
>>> would not include unused classes), but it would be perfect for our
>>> environment (and I suspect quite a few others as well).
>>>
>>> Obviously, parsing the link-report is an option as well, but that looks
>>> more difficult.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jess
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Jesse Sightler <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi VELO,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have attached a sample of why I think this solution is unworkable for
>>>>> a large number of projects out there.
>>>>>
>>>>> The key point in the sample (so that you don't have to open it to
>>>>> understand the problem) is that it contains a class file with an AS3 
>>>>> include
>>>>> directive.  Ie, the structure is as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - src/main/flex
>>>>>       - App.as (uses an "include" to bring in sampleInclude.as)
>>>>>       - sampleInclude.as
>>>>>
>>>>> With the packaging set to swf, and the sourceFile set to App.as, the
>>>>> "compile" operation performs correctly.  However, "test" attempts to 
>>>>> compile
>>>>> both App.as and sampleInclude.as separately.  This fails, as
>>>>> sampleInclude.as is only intended to be included in other files (never
>>>>> compiled by itself directly).
>>>>>
>>>>> The merits of this design (include files) are certainly debatable, but
>>>>> as I don't always win such debates ( ;) ), I would prefer that the tool be
>>>>> able to deal with this, and similar scenarios involving files within 
>>>>> source
>>>>> control that are not compilable as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps there could be an option to have it only compile the same
>>>>> source files that are compiled as part of the normal SWF generation?  That
>>>>> would solve the problem for me.  The coverage would also accurately 
>>>>> reflect
>>>>> the statistics that I am interested in (ie, coverage of classes that are
>>>>> actually compiled into the swf).  I can understand your view as well,
>>>>> though, so perhaps this has to be optional.
>>>>>
>>>> That is the ideal fix, but the question at hand is, how? Do you know
>>>> anyway way to determine that (one that doesn't demand parsing link
>>>> reports)....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any other workarounds that we can use at this point?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, not at the moment, but well, you can download the source, comment
>>>> out the include section until something fancy came up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, thanks for your response,
>>>>> Jess
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Coverage does need to include all src/main/flex classes into the test
>>>>>> SWF in order to produce reliable test results.  Otherwise it will always
>>>>>> reports 100% of classes coverage.
>>>>>> There is no other way to deal with that right now, but I'm open for
>>>>>> suggestions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, if you know that classes are broken, why don't you remove they
>>>>>> from src/main/flex or at least name they as .txt, .old or something 
>>>>>> else?!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> VELO
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:21 PM, jsight <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am attempting to run test classes and coverage reports on a fairly
>>>>>>> large SWF project.  The project compiles perfectly as long as there
>>>>>>> are no tests.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I include test classes in src/test/flex, the build of the actual
>>>>>>> app fails.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All of the errors are on classes that would not normally be included
>>>>>>> in the SWF itself.  I cannot seem to control which classes from src/
>>>>>>> main get compiled.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a way to have it select the same classes as would normally
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> compiled without tests?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The SWF compiles perfectly if the test files are not included at all,
>>>>>>> and it compiles ok before getting to the test phase of execution as
>>>>>>> well.
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