p.s. the reference to [1] is http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/subcomponents/classlibrary/compat.html
Tim Ellison wrote: > Alexei Zakharov wrote: >> Hello to everyone, >> >> I am currently investigating tests for java.beans module. > > Great. > >> As far as I >> understand there were two separate contributions of java.beans tests >> from two different parties. And these contributions were merged into >> the single combined test suite we have now in svn. As a result >> currently we have about 400 test case failures (excluded) out of >> approximately 1200. After spending some time on this I realize that we >> have two types of issues here: >> >> 1. Test checks the compliance with very deep detail of RI's behavior (that >> is not in spec). >> 2. Test expects the behavior that differs from the RI's behavior as well as >> from our implementation's behavior. >> >> As for point 1, I'm unsure here. Do we really need to be completely >> identical to the RI in terms of public methods behavior? Some RI >> decisions are strange. > > We need to work the same (possibly unspecified) way as the reference > implementation to ensure compatibility for Java apps. An example of > some areas we already thought about are listed here [1]. > > If the decision is strange so that you think it is bug then we may > choose to depart from the RI's behavior after discussion on this list, > but if it is wrong because you disagree with the approach, then I'm > afraid that compatibility wins <g>. I suggest that you raise a few > examples here. > >> For point 2, I believe we should rewrite or delete such tests. > > Agreed -- please indicate with your JIRA patch why you think they are > wrong, and that will help people review you rewrite/deletion request. > >> Thoughts, suggestions? > > I'm happy that you are looking into this, and look forward to your patches! > > Regards, > Tim > -- 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]
