Re: Testing framework [WAS: Exceptions . . .]

From: Andrus Adamchik (andru..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Fri Aug 03 2007 - 13:04:31 EDT

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    On Aug 3, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Kevin Menard wrote:

    > Then I suppose this would raise another topic. JUnit 3 is a bit of a
    > boar for testing exception. You basically have to try, catch, fail.
    > TestNG has a standard facility for testing for expected
    > exceptions. My
    > guess is that JUnit4 does as well, but I have nothing to back that up
    > with. There was some discussion some time ago about moving the
    > testing
    > framework. Have we hit that crossroad yet, or is that still for a
    > rainy
    > day?

    This is certainly close to zero priority on my personal list. But I
    have no objections to somebody else working on the switch to a newer
    JUnit. I will only be against it if it turns out to be as disruptive
    as the recent Maven migration.

    Andrus



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