[News.eclipse.test-and-performance] Using Using Eclipse Regressions as a

[hoffmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Chris Hoffmann)]

This is probably a bit different from what most people are looking for.

I'd like to use parts of the Eclipse regression suite for performance
testing of Java VM's. I don't even care about the results of the tests as
long as every JVM would report the same error! As of yet, I have never
used Eclipse, so I'm a complete novice when it comes to its concepts and
use.

The basic test harness runs all the tests in at least one child process. I
want to run everything in a single Java process and really don't want to
use any child processes, which the standard Ant-based regression tests
require.

I've been able to invoke many of the core tests directly by using 
junit.textui.TestRunner. But many fail, for instance because the
application has not been initialized.

1) Does anyone have any sample code or hints on how to remove Ant and
subprocesses, or at least what it takes to get Eclipse initialized before
running JUnit?

2) Most of the test programs I've been able to run have been pretty simple
unit tests. I'd really like to find a set of tests that would make Eclipse
perform more as a real user would during a work session. For instance,
load a large Java package, do some class renamings or refactorings on that
package, and so on. Does anyone have any suggestions on which tests would
be good choices for that?

Thanks,
Chris