I say leave them mixed. We are no more likely to want to run serialization tests separately than we are locking tests etc. and trying to layout the tests on disk to represent all the different metadata about each test case is not going to work.
Regards, Tim Stepan Mishura wrote: > On 4/27/06, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: >> >> >> Stepan Mishura wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'd like to discuss naming conventions for serialization tests - does it >>> make sense to separate serialization tests from unit tests? >> I actually don't know. What are the pros/cons? > > > I'd propose to separate them. It seems to me that this approach more > manageable and flexible, for example, we may wish in future to move > serialization tests into separate test suite or we can select to run tests > for serialization only, for example, if we update/improve serialization > framework. Also we may put(force) some requirements how should test for > serialization should like. This will unify serialization tests (for example, > it may be done in a way like SerializationTest does or any other way. Right > now I wouldn't want to argue whether it is good to create super class to be > extended by test or not - it will be the next topic :-).) > In case if we mix testing serialization functionality with tests for API > methods then we won't have such opportunities. > > So the question was: does it make sense to keep serialization test separate > or everybody OK with mixing them with unit tests for API methods? > > Thanks, > Stepan. > > geir >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > -- > Thanks, > Stepan Mishura > Intel Middleware Products Division > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
