Rational XDETester is capable of testing
Eclipse, Eclipse plugins, RCP apps and vanilla SWT applications, however
there is a small amount of work that needs to be done to enable these applications
to be testable. The steps that are necessary vary depending on what
type of application you are testing. I have spoken to some people
here at Rational who are using XDETester to test RCP apps, and they have
told me that you can enable an RCP app in the same manner that you can
enable a standard Eclipse (non-RCP based) application. This procedure
is unchanged from the procedure for enabling Eclipse 2.0 based applications.
I am pasting the description (from the XDETester Release notes) for
your convenience. Please contact IBM support if you are unable to
use XDETester to test your RCP based app after following these instructions.
If you still have problems after that, please contact me directly
and I'll make sure your question is properly answered.
Thanks,
--Joe
Using XDE Tester to Test Eclipse
2.0-based Applications
To test an Eclipse 2.0-based application
in XDE Tester, you must perform two major tasks:
1. Install XDE Tester and the application-under-test
in separate instances of the Eclipse 2.0 shell.
2. Enable the application for testing
by XDE Tester.
Configuring XDE Tester to Test Eclipse
2.0-Based Applications To configure XDE Tester and the application-under-test
so that each runs in its own instance of the Eclipse 2.0 shell:
1. In XDE Tester, open the Application
Configuration tool by selecting Configure > Configure Applications for
Testing.
2. In the Application Configuration
Tool dialog box, click Add.
3. In the Add Application dialog box,
select Executable or Batch File and click Next.
4. In the File Edit dialog box, insert
the full path name of the Eclipse 2.0 executable, which is either of the
following, depending on the type of application that is installed:
<drive letter>:\<path>\eclipse.exe
or
<drive letter>:\<path>\wsappdev.exe
Enabling Eclipse 2.0-Based Applications
for Testing To enable the application for testing
by XDE Tester, copy the com.rational.test.ft.enabler.wsw_2.0.0 plug-in
(typically found in C:\Program Files\Rational\XDE Tester\eclipse\plugins)
to the plugins directory of the of the Eclipse-based application you want
to test; for example,
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere Studio\eclipse\plugins.
You are now ready to begin testing the
Eclipse 2.0-based application-under-test in XDE Tester.