I think Cactus works OK with JNDI lookups, etc., since it's just a Servlet. However, I think it falls apart when trying to reference stuff like FacesContext.getInstance(), since we're not in the middle of an actual JSF life cycle event.
So my quandary seems to be that, for round trip testing starting at an Action method: 1. I can't use the Shale Test Framework, because it would fail when doing EJB calls. 2. I can't use Cactus, because it would fail when trying to do FacesContext.getInstance(). 3. Because of the above, there is no standard testing framework to use for this type of testing. Is that a fair assessment? I'm not complaining; I'm just trying to verify my understanding. - Brendan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig McClanahan Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:49 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [SHALE] Using the Test Framework On 2/15/06, CONNER, BRENDAN (SBCSI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But let's say my test executes an action method on my application's > managed bean. That method uses the mock objects and then tries to call > a Session Bean to do a lookup, but it appears that the lookup fails > because the action method is not really running in a Web Container, > correct? Is this all happening in stand-alone application mode? How > can I set up my test to run in a Web Container so that it has access to > JNDI lookups, etc.? Do I have to use Cactus for that? It should be possible to use Cactus for that kind of testing, but I've never looked how Cactus deals with JNDI lookups or session beans. - Brendan Craig -----Original Message----- > From: Gary VanMatre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:22 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: [SHALE] Using the Test Framework > > > >From: "CONNER, BRENDAN (SBCSI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > OK, sorry for being a little dense about this, but, if, for example, > my > > application code is referencing a FacesContext object, and my Test > code > > initializes MockFacesContext, what is the mechanism that makes my > > application use the values that are in MockFacesContext? I understand > > that MockFacesContext is a subclass of FacesContext, but I don't > > understand how my application ends up using the values in the > > MockFacesContext instance instead that were initialized by the test > > case. > > > > The idea is that you extend a base test case that sets up the mock > objects. They are scoped so that they can be referenced from test > methods in a subclass. > > Take a look at the AbstractJsfTestCase > (http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/struts/shale/trunk/test-framework/src > /java/org/apache/shale/test/base/AbstractJsfTestCase.java?view=markup) > > > > > > - Brendan > > > > Gary > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
