Well, all set, now is just a matter of writing a jira ticket and wait for
someone willing to fix it.

VELO

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Jesse Sightler <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>  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.
>>
>
> I agree with that risk assesment.  I believe that it could be adequately
> addressed by leaving the default to the current configuration.  For simple
> projects where there are no includes or other non-compilable files, the
> default behaviour insures solid accuracy (as intended).
>
> But for the case where people need to dig through the documentation and
> turn it off (often large projects, with lots of team members), the option
> would be here to provide something which is currently not possible.
>
> Honestly, I wish our codebase weren't in a shape that requires a feature
> like this, but I suspect I am not the only person who would benefit greatly
> from this enhancement.
>
> Thanks,
> Jess
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 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 <velo.br@
>>>>>>> gmail.com> 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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