Component Testing

[kingkon]

Hi everyone

i want to know, whether we can test components directly using JSFUnit


not testing the components in the pages...like to test the component directly with out accesing the page..


Thanks

[ssilvert]

Yes you can. Just get the Application instance from the FacesContext:

Application application = jsfServerSession.getFacesContext().getApplication();

Then use one of the createComponent() methods on the Application instance.

Stan

[kingkon]

stan,

if you have any example with you right now ..can you send it to me...it would be helpful for me

Thanks

[dennisbyrne]

If you want to write pure unit tests, build JSFUnit [1] and take a look at org.jboss.jsfunit.stub . This is a port of the Shale test framework [2]. The package name "mock" was changed to "stub" because mocks aren't stubs [3]. Enjoy.

[1] http://labs.jboss.com/jsfunit/building-jsfunit.html
[2] http://shale.apache.org/shale-test/index.html
[3] http://martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html

[kingkon]

if you say to get the Application instance ..then we need to have ServerSession and ClientSession ...i am asking at the component level..means if i have created a custom component and before rendering that on to a jsf page if i need to test it ..is it possible in jsfunit


Thanks

[ssilvert]

If you are talking about testing outside of the servlet container then you can use the code Dennis Byrne was talking about. Dennis is working on the mock/stub library that allows you to test components outside of a running container. I'm sure he'd love to have your feedback if you want to give it a try.

Stan