On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:05 pm, Ben Walding wrote: > The rationale is this: > > If you have src/java and src/test, then where do you put resources for > testing? > > eg: src/resources, src/test-resources
One school of thought suggests that no test should NEVER require resources external to the TestCase. You can always use Mock objects or manually construct pre-conditions for test, run the test and then test the output. External resources for unit tests are only required if there is badly written code or badly written tests. While I previously used to litter my unit tests with other resources I now think it is a really bad idea. Can you give an example where there is a good reason to have resources associated with unit tests? (Integration tests are another thing entirely). -- Cheers, Peter Donald --------------------------------------------------- Murphy's law - "Anything that can go wrong, will." (Actually, this is Finagle's law, which in itself shows that Finagle was right.) --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
