global
Class TestDriver

java.lang.Object
  global.TestDriver

Direct Known Subclasses:

BTTest

public abstract class TestDriver

extends java.lang.Object

TestDriver class is a base class for various test driver objects.
Note that the code written so far is very machine dependent. It assumes the users are on UNIX system. For example, in function runTests, a UNIX command is called to clean up the working directories.

Field Summary

static boolean	FAIL
static boolean	OK

Constructor Summary

TestDriver(java.lang.String nameRoot)
TestDriver Constructor

Method Summary

boolean	checkException(ChainException e, java.lang.Class expectedException) Used to verify whether the exception thrown from the bottom layer is the one expected.
void	cleanupAfterTests() cleanupAfterTests subclasses should override this method with any cleanup needed after running all tests.
void	initBeforeTests() initBeforeTests Starts the buffer manager.
boolean	runTests() This function does the preparation/cleaning work for the running tests.
java.lang.String	testName()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

OK

public static final boolean OK

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Constant Field Values

FAIL

public static final boolean FAIL

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TestDriver

public TestDriver(java.lang.String nameRoot)

TestDriver Constructor

Parameters:

nameRoot - The name of the test being run

Method Detail

testName

public java.lang.String testName()

Returns:

String object which contains the name of the test

initBeforeTests

public void initBeforeTests()

initBeforeTests Starts the buffer manager. Subclasses should override this method with any initialization needed before running all tests.

cleanupAfterTests

public void cleanupAfterTests()

cleanupAfterTests subclasses should override this method with any cleanup needed after running all tests.

runTests

public final boolean runTests()

This function does the preparation/cleaning work for the running tests.

Returns:

a boolean value indicates whether ALL the tests have passed

checkException

public boolean checkException(ChainException e,
                              java.lang.Class expectedException)

Used to verify whether the exception thrown from the bottom layer is the one expected.