Re: [cdt-dev] Re-structure of CDT's Unit test project(s)

[Peter Graves <pgraves@xxxxxxx>]

+1 from me
-Peter

Sebastien Marineau wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'll throw out the new component proposal to the mailing list
> for reference, and to let folks comment.
>
> The proposal is for the creation of a newplugin,
> org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests.
> This component is to hold the core tests (which are now in the ui.tests
> plugin).
> The initial committer list for the core.tests plugin would be the same
> as the current committer list for the org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests plugin.
>
> If this is fine with everyone, I'll send the request in. It should get 
> done within the next day or two.
>
> Sebastien
>  
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> > > Hi CDT Dev,
> > >
> > > I've been playing around in my own environment, and I would like to 
> > > propose a little restructuring of the Unit tests in CDT 
> >
> > (starting with 
> >
> > > org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests=OEC.ui.tests). 
> > >
> > > 1) Presently OEC.ui.tests includes a lot of tests of 
> >
> > OEC.core; these 
> >
> > > should be separated to their own project OEC.core.tests.
> > > As necessary other test projects should be similarly 
> >
> > created as necessary. 
> >
> > > In the long-term, this would mean that every plug-in has 
> >
> > its own test 
> >
> > > plug-in; in the immediate short-term, we need only one more plugin: 
> > > org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests.
> > >
> > > 2) The internal structure of these *.tests projects could 
> >
> > be shuffled 
> >
> > > around such that:
> > > a) the test classes reside in a package hierarchy that 
> >
> > mimicks the source 
> >
> > > files they test
> > > b) any supporting uncompiled files (eg input files for the 
> >
> > parser) reside 
> >
> > > in a parallel hierarchy
> > > c) any supporting java files (eg frameworks) reside in 
> >
> > their own package
> >
> > > The intent of all of this is to make it easier to keep 
> >
> > tests up-to-date, 
> >
> > > and easier for a new contributor to figure out where and 
> >
> > how to add new 
> >
> > > tests.
> > >
> > > This topic is becoming more relevant as we start to increase our 
> > > soon-to-be-automated regression tests by adding more unit tests. 
> > >
> > > Any thoughts, or objections?
> >
> > None, if you are voluntaring to do it 8-)
> > It is a good idea.
> >
> >
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