If it's integration testing you want to do, I've had success embedding Jetty and doing "full" in-container integration testing. Embedding Jetty is really easy, and it's pretty fast too. Although not Struts 2 specific, take a look at this article: http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2007/04/12/embedded-integration-testing-of-web-applications.html
Nils-H On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Dimitrios Christodoulakis<dimi....@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks everyone for their opinions. I was indeed hoping to hear both > sides of this matter, with both bringing valid arguments and make good > points. > > I was wondering with popular frameworks like struts, spring and > hibernate integrated together and the increasing adoption of test > driven, and agile development, there should be at least a couple of > comprehensive, and well documented strategies on how to perform such > kind of unit testing with the whole working stack included in the unit > tests. > > I am somewhat curious in trying to do this and making it work, so if > anyone is aware of any other resources, or strategies in addition to > Greg's article, where Spring is involved, I'd be very interested in > taking a look at them. > > Or, if someone has done such Struts testing before and wouldn't mind > sharing some high-level advice, or hints toward a good starting point, > that would be very helpful and I am sure others can find this > information of value too. > > Again, thank you for your input. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Greg Lindholm<greg.lindh...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Well everyone has an opinion so here mine: >> >> I want to unit test my Struts actions in the full Struts context which >> includes the interceptor stack and validation. This way I know my actions >> and results are configured correctly since I test them. I also know my >> declarative validations are working correctly. I use junit and I really >> don't want or have time to have to learn another test tool for integration >> testing. >> >> So to do this type of testing I wrote a StrutsTestContext class to run my >> actions. >> For full info see: >> http://glindholm.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/unit-testing-struts-2-actions/ >> >> I don't use Spring so this class would need to be tweaked for Spring but you >> are welcome to use this as a starting point. >> >> This gives me a lot of flexibility for testing, sometimes I test against an >> actual database (with hibernate) and sometimes I mock the services that the >> actions use. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Dimitrios Christodoulakis < >> dimi....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I was hoping to hear the community's views about unit testing a >>> Struts2 application which is integrated with Spring and Hibernate. My >>> plan is to unit test the actions with the framework's interceptors >>> running, rather than each action class in a stand-alone isolated >>> fashion. >>> >>> What approach do you usually follow? A highly regarded article: >>> >>> http://depressedprogrammer.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/unit-testing-struts-2-actions-spring-junit/ >>> provides some useful hints and starting points. >>> >>> I would like to use Junit 4 with Ant for this. Are there any other >>> resources, or documented steps to take as far as you know, or >>> recommend? >>> >>> I found quite a few bits and pieces searching online, but would >>> appreciate any general guidance or advice on how to begin with this. >>> >>> Many thanks and regards. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
