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% Testing the Aggregator % Thorsten Vitt %

Automatic Tests

Unit Tests

Unit tests are run against individual classes in the source directory. The complete service will not be set up.

Test classes are placed under src/test and named *Test.java. Tests will be run using the surefire plugin when you run maven to any of the interesting phases and can be skipped by passing the -DskipTests parameter.

Integration Tests

Integration tests are tests against a fully setup service. A local tomcat running the service will be set up, and the tests will be run in a separate application. The system property service.url will contain the root URL of the aggregator service to run.

Integration tests are executed using the failsafe plugin by running mvn verify. The tests live in files called *IT.java under src/test.

Integration Tests with Authentication

These tests work like normal integration tests, but additionally they are passed a session ID that is required to access non-public TextGrid resources in the sid system property.

Implementors call the files containing the tests *AT.java (for authenticated tests) and place them under src/test. To test,

  1. Get a session ID for the user tgtest
  2. run maven using mvn -Dsid=<session ID> verify

Interactive Testing

You can run a local copy of the service using mvn tomcat:run-war. The service will then be available at http://localhost:13000/aggregator for you to test interactively.