Something like the following will setup the datastore helper and create the datastore-indexes-auto.xml:
LocalDatastoreServiceTestConfig dsConfig = new LocalDatastoreServiceTestConfig(); File location = new File("war/WEB-INF/appengine-generated/ local_db.bin"); dsConfig.setBackingStoreLocation(location.getAbsolutePath()); // And it seems that for the local ds service to be able to load the local_db.bin file, the local // environment must match the app id and version as stored in the file. String xml; try { xml = FileUtils.readFileToString(new File("war/WEB-INF/ appengine-web.xml")); } catch (IOException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } String application = StringUtils.substringBetween(xml, "<application>", "</application>"); String version = StringUtils.substringBetween(xml, "<version>", "</version>"); // Default behavior is to keep everything in RAM. Tell the local services to use the file system dsConfig.setNoStorage(false); // Create the local services. gaeDatastoreHelper = new LocalServiceTestHelper(dsConfig); gaeDatastoreHelper.setEnvAppId(application); gaeDatastoreHelper.setEnvVersionId(version); // Calling setUp() will start the local ds service and load the local_db.bin file. gaeDatastoreHelper.setUp(); This way, you can even write tests against a previously generated local_db.bin if you want. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.