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Posted to commits@falcon.apache.org by ra...@apache.org on 2014/09/12 00:19:35 UTC

[30/41] git commit: FALCON-657 String datePattern moved to BaseTestClass in falcon-regression

FALCON-657 String datePattern moved to BaseTestClass in falcon-regression


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/commit/be08a2e7
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/tree/be08a2e7
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/diff/be08a2e7

Branch: refs/heads/FALCON-585
Commit: be08a2e709956c32cb13e0ec66aff729a7ee234b
Parents: cb11ff2
Author: Ruslan Ostafiychuk <ro...@apache.org>
Authored: Thu Sep 4 14:48:19 2014 +0300
Committer: Ruslan Ostafiychuk <ro...@apache.org>
Committed: Fri Sep 5 10:23:35 2014 +0300

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 falcon-regression/CHANGES.txt                   |  2 +
 .../regression/testHelper/BaseTestClass.java    |  1 +
 .../falcon/regression/AuthorizationTest.java    | 15 ++++---
 .../regression/ELExp_FutureAndLatestTest.java   |  7 ++--
 .../regression/EmbeddedPigScriptTest.java       |  5 +--
 .../regression/FeedInstanceStatusTest.java      |  2 +-
 .../falcon/regression/FeedReplicationTest.java  |  6 +--
 .../falcon/regression/InstanceParamTest.java    |  3 +-
 .../falcon/regression/InstanceSummaryTest.java  |  3 +-
 .../apache/falcon/regression/NewRetryTest.java  |  4 +-
 .../falcon/regression/NoOutputProcessTest.java  |  2 +-
 .../ProcessInstanceColoMixedTest.java           |  3 +-
 .../regression/ProcessInstanceKillsTest.java    |  5 +--
 .../regression/ProcessInstanceRerunTest.java    |  7 ++--
 .../regression/ProcessInstanceResumeTest.java   |  6 +--
 .../regression/ProcessInstanceRunningTest.java  |  6 +--
 .../regression/ProcessInstanceStatusTest.java   | 12 +++---
 .../regression/ProcessInstanceSuspendTest.java  |  6 +--
 .../falcon/regression/ProcessLibPathTest.java   |  7 ++--
 .../lineage/LineageApiProcessInstanceTest.java  |  5 +--
 .../regression/lineage/LineageApiTest.java      |  5 +--
 .../regression/prism/EntityDryRunTest.java      |  6 +--
 .../prism/FeedDelayParallelTimeoutTest.java     |  2 +-
 .../prism/NewPrismProcessUpdateTest.java        |  2 +-
 .../regression/prism/PrismFeedDeleteTest.java   | 18 +++-----
 .../prism/PrismFeedLateReplicationTest.java     |  3 +-
 .../PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest.java   | 43 ++++++++++----------
 .../prism/PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest.java   | 13 +++---
 .../regression/prism/PrismFeedSnSTest.java      |  4 +-
 .../regression/prism/PrismFeedUpdateTest.java   |  6 +--
 .../prism/RescheduleKilledProcessTest.java      |  3 +-
 .../RescheduleProcessInFinalStatesTest.java     |  5 +--
 .../prism/UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest.java         |  9 ++--
 .../falcon/regression/ui/LineageGraphTest.java  |  3 +-
 .../falcon/regression/ui/ProcessUITest.java     |  7 ++--
 35 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 137 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/CHANGES.txt
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/CHANGES.txt b/falcon-regression/CHANGES.txt
index 20d5882..aecd520 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/falcon-regression/CHANGES.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
    via Samarth Gupta)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
+   FALCON-657 String datePattern moved to BaseTestClass (Ruslan Ostafiychuk)
+
    FALCON-643 Tests with zero-output/input scenario amended to match test case (Paul Isaychuk via
    Ruslan Ostafiychuk)
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/testHelper/BaseTestClass.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/testHelper/BaseTestClass.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/testHelper/BaseTestClass.java
index a951da7..c16c8f4 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/testHelper/BaseTestClass.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/testHelper/BaseTestClass.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class BaseTestClass {
     public String baseHDFSDir = "/tmp/falcon-regression";
     public static final String PRISM_PREFIX = "prism";
     protected Bundle[] bundles;
+    public static final String MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
 
 
     public BaseTestClass() {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/AuthorizationTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/AuthorizationTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/AuthorizationTest.java
index fac215f..8bf4288 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/AuthorizationTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/AuthorizationTest.java
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ public class AuthorizationTest extends BaseTestClass {
     private OozieClient clusterOC = serverOC.get(0);
     private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/AuthorizationTest";
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
-    private String datePattern = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/input" + datePattern;
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
 
     @BeforeClass(alwaysRun = true)
     public void uploadWorkflow() throws Exception {
@@ -538,8 +537,8 @@ public class AuthorizationTest extends BaseTestClass {
                 .readEntityName(feed)) && !definition.contains("(feed) not found"),
             "Feed should be already submitted");
         //update feed definition
-        String newFeed = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed,
-            baseHDFSDir + "/randomPath/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/");
+        String newFeed = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed, baseHDFSDir + "/randomPath" +
+            MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         //try to update feed by U2
         KerberosHelper.loginFromKeytab(MerlinConstants.USER2_NAME);
         final ServiceResponse serviceResponse = prism.getFeedHelper().update(feed, newFeed,
@@ -560,8 +559,8 @@ public class AuthorizationTest extends BaseTestClass {
             Util.URLS.SUBMIT_AND_SCHEDULE_URL, feed));
         AssertUtil.checkStatus(clusterOC, EntityType.FEED, feed, Job.Status.RUNNING);
         //update feed definition
-        String newFeed = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed,
-            baseHDFSDir + "/randomPath/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/");
+        String newFeed = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed, baseHDFSDir + "/randomPath" +
+            MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         //try to update feed by U2
         KerberosHelper.loginFromKeytab(MerlinConstants.USER2_NAME);
         final ServiceResponse serviceResponse = prism.getFeedHelper().update(feed, newFeed,
@@ -651,8 +650,8 @@ public class AuthorizationTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .getLatestBundleID(cluster, Util.readEntityName(feed), EntityType.FEED);
 
         //update feed definition
-        String newFeed = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed,
-            baseHDFSDir + "/randomPath/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/");
+        String newFeed = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed, baseHDFSDir + "/randomPath" +
+            MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         //update feed by U1
         KerberosHelper.loginFromKeytab(MerlinConstants.CURRENT_USER_NAME);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ELExp_FutureAndLatestTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ELExp_FutureAndLatestTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ELExp_FutureAndLatestTest.java
index 63484c1..25e2dfe 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ELExp_FutureAndLatestTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ELExp_FutureAndLatestTest.java
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ public class ELExp_FutureAndLatestTest extends BaseTestClass {
         String startDate = TimeUtil.getTimeWrtSystemTime(-20);
         String endDate = TimeUtil.getTimeWrtSystemTime(70);
 
-        b.setInputFeedDataPath(
-            baseTestDir + "/ELExp_latest/testData/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+        b.setInputFeedDataPath(baseTestDir + "/ELExp_latest/testData" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         b.setProcessWorkflow(aggregateWorkflowDir);
 
         List<String> dataDates = TimeUtil.getMinuteDatesOnEitherSide(startDate, endDate, 1);
@@ -83,8 +82,8 @@ public class ELExp_FutureAndLatestTest extends BaseTestClass {
         bundles[0] = BundleUtil.readELBundle();
         bundles[0] = new Bundle(bundles[0], cluster);
         bundles[0].generateUniqueBundle();
-        bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(
-            baseTestDir + "/ELExp_latest/testData/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+        bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(baseTestDir + "/ELExp_latest/testData" +
+            MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         bundles[0].setInputFeedPeriodicity(5, TimeUnit.minutes);
         bundles[0].setInputFeedValidity("2010-04-01T00:00Z", "2015-04-01T00:00Z");
         String processStart = TimeUtil.getTimeWrtSystemTime(-3);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/EmbeddedPigScriptTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/EmbeddedPigScriptTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/EmbeddedPigScriptTest.java
index 00f68e6..a0986fa 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/EmbeddedPigScriptTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/EmbeddedPigScriptTest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class EmbeddedPigScriptTest extends BaseTestClass {
     String pigTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/EmbeddedPigScriptTest";
     String pigScriptDir = pigTestDir + "/EmbeddedPigScriptTest/pig";
     String pigScriptLocation = pigScriptDir + "/id.pig";
-    String inputPath = pigTestDir + "/input/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    String inputPath = pigTestDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(EmbeddedPigScriptTest.class);
     private static final double TIMEOUT = 15;
     String processName;
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ public class EmbeddedPigScriptTest extends BaseTestClass {
         bundles[0] = new Bundle(bundles[0], cluster);
         bundles[0].generateUniqueBundle();
         bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(inputPath);
-        bundles[0].setOutputFeedLocationData(
-            pigTestDir + "/output-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+        bundles[0].setOutputFeedLocationData(pigTestDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         bundles[0].setProcessWorkflow(pigScriptLocation);
         bundles[0].setProcessInputNames("INPUT");
         bundles[0].setProcessOutputNames("OUTPUT");

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedInstanceStatusTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedInstanceStatusTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedInstanceStatusTest.java
index d4fab30..1e01101 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedInstanceStatusTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedInstanceStatusTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 public class FeedInstanceStatusTest extends BaseTestClass {
 
     private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/FeedInstanceStatusTest";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/";
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
 
     ColoHelper cluster2 = servers.get(1);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedReplicationTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedReplicationTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedReplicationTest.java
index c4c11cf..fa28a01 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedReplicationTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/FeedReplicationTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.apache.falcon.regression.core.bundle.Bundle;
 import org.apache.falcon.entity.v0.EntityType;
 import org.apache.falcon.entity.v0.feed.ActionType;
 import org.apache.falcon.entity.v0.feed.ClusterType;
-import org.apache.falcon.entity.v0.feed.Feed;
 import org.apache.falcon.regression.core.helpers.ColoHelper;
 import org.apache.falcon.regression.core.response.InstancesResult;
 import org.apache.falcon.regression.core.util.AssertUtil;
@@ -72,12 +71,11 @@ public class FeedReplicationTest extends BaseTestClass {
     private FileSystem cluster3FS = serverFS.get(2);
     private OozieClient cluster2OC = serverOC.get(1);
     private OozieClient cluster3OC = serverOC.get(2);
-    private String dateTemplate = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
     private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/FeedReplicationTest";
     private String sourcePath = baseTestDir + "/source";
-    private String feedDataLocation = baseTestDir + "/source" + dateTemplate;
+    private String feedDataLocation = baseTestDir + "/source" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String targetPath = baseTestDir + "/target";
-    private String targetDataLocation = targetPath + dateTemplate;
+    private String targetDataLocation = targetPath + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(FeedReplicationTest.class);
 
     @BeforeMethod(alwaysRun = true)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceParamTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceParamTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceParamTest.java
index edf3428..c56310e 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceParamTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceParamTest.java
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ public class InstanceParamTest extends BaseTestClass {
      */
 
     private String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/InstanceParamTest";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir +
-        "/testInputData/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/testInputData" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
     private String startTime;
     private String endTime;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceSummaryTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceSummaryTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceSummaryTest.java
index 636da2c..75eccaf 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceSummaryTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/InstanceSummaryTest.java
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class InstanceSummaryTest extends BaseTestClass {
 
     String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/InstanceSummaryTest";
-    String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir +
-        "/testInputData/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/testInputData" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
     String startTime;
     String endTime;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NewRetryTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NewRetryTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NewRetryTest.java
index 48bf185..c505a93 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NewRetryTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NewRetryTest.java
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ public class NewRetryTest extends BaseTestClass {
     DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy/MM/dd/HH/mm");
     final private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/NewRetryTest";
     final private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
-    final private String lateDir = baseTestDir + "/lateDataTest/testFolders/";
-    final private String latePath = lateDir + "${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    final private String lateDir = baseTestDir + "/lateDataTest/testFolders";
+    final private String latePath = lateDir + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private DateTime startDate;
     private DateTime endDate;
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NoOutputProcessTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NoOutputProcessTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NoOutputProcessTest.java
index 2c30f83..638768d 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NoOutputProcessTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/NoOutputProcessTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class NoOutputProcessTest extends BaseTestClass {
     FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
     OozieClient clusterOC = serverOC.get(0);
     String testDir = baseHDFSDir + "/NoOutputProcessTest";
-    String inputPath = testDir + "/input/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    String inputPath = testDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     String aggregateWorkflowDir = testDir + "/aggregator";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(NoOutputProcessTest.class);
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceColoMixedTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceColoMixedTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceColoMixedTest.java
index 25ef675..9c355a2 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceColoMixedTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceColoMixedTest.java
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class ProcessInstanceColoMixedTest extends BaseTestClass {
 
     private final String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/ProcessInstanceColoMixedTest";
-    private final String datePattern = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/";
-    private final String feedPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/feed0%d" + datePattern;
+    private final String feedPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/feed0%d" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
     private ColoHelper cluster1 = servers.get(0);
     private ColoHelper cluster2 = servers.get(1);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceKillsTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceKillsTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceKillsTest.java
index 33d6b07..ba7a8fd 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceKillsTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceKillsTest.java
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ public class ProcessInstanceKillsTest extends BaseTestClass {
     private String testDir = "/ProcessInstanceKillsTest";
     private String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + testDir;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
-    private String datePattern = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/input" + datePattern;
-    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data" + datePattern;
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ProcessInstanceKillsTest.class);
     private static final double TIMEOUT = 15;
     String processName;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRerunTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRerunTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRerunTest.java
index 3160c1d..8df7f1f 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRerunTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRerunTest.java
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ public class ProcessInstanceRerunTest extends BaseTestClass {
 
     private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/ProcessInstanceRerunTest";
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
-    private String datePattern = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/input" + datePattern;
-    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestDir + "/output-data" + datePattern;
-    private String feedInputTimedOutPath = baseTestDir + "/timedout" + datePattern;
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedInputTimedOutPath = baseTestDir + "/timedout" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private ColoHelper cluster = servers.get(0);
     private FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
     private OozieClient clusterOC = serverOC.get(0);

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceResumeTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceResumeTest.java
index e324c26..fdb64af 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceResumeTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceResumeTest.java
@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@ public class ProcessInstanceResumeTest extends BaseTestClass {
     private ColoHelper cluster = servers.get(0);
     private FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
     private String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/ProcessInstanceResumeTest";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir +
-        "/input/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedOutputPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ProcessInstanceResumeTest.class);
     private static final double SCHEDULED = 15;

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRunningTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRunningTest.java
index 6bb466c..2b36d4d 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRunningTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceRunningTest.java
@@ -57,10 +57,8 @@ public class ProcessInstanceRunningTest extends BaseTestClass {
     private FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
     private String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/ProcessInstanceRunningTest";
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir +
-        "/input/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedOutputPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ProcessInstanceRunningTest.class);
     private static final double TIMEOUT = 15;
 

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceStatusTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceStatusTest.java
index 5e56037..cac8904 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceStatusTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceStatusTest.java
@@ -62,14 +62,12 @@ public class ProcessInstanceStatusTest extends BaseTestClass {
     private FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
     private String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/ProcessInstanceStatusTest";
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
-    private String feedInputPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/input/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedOutputPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedInputTimedOutPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/timedoutStatus/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedInputTimedOutPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/timedoutStatus" +
+        MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String feedOutputTimedOutPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data/timedoutStatus/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+        baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data/timedoutStatus" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ProcessInstanceStatusTest.class);
     private static final double TIMEOUT = 15;
 

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceSuspendTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceSuspendTest.java
index 02bd254..80da1ad 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceSuspendTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessInstanceSuspendTest.java
@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class ProcessInstanceSuspendTest extends BaseTestClass {
 
     private String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/ProcessInstanceSuspendTest";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir +
-        "/input/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedOutputPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
     private ColoHelper cluster = servers.get(0);
     private FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessLibPathTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessLibPathTest.java
index fa02fdf..c2d8c9b 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessLibPathTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ProcessLibPathTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public class ProcessLibPathTest extends BaseTestClass {
     String testDir = baseHDFSDir + "/ProcessLibPath";
     String testLibDir = testDir + "/TestLib";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ProcessLibPathTest.class);
-    String datePattern = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
     String processName;
     String process;
 
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ public class ProcessLibPathTest extends BaseTestClass {
         b = new Bundle(b, cluster);
         String startDate = "2010-01-01T22:00Z";
         String endDate = "2010-01-02T03:00Z";
-        b.setInputFeedDataPath(testDir + "/input" + datePattern);
+        b.setInputFeedDataPath(testDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         String prefix = b.getFeedDataPathPrefix();
         HadoopUtil.deleteDirIfExists(prefix.substring(1), clusterFS);
         List<String> dataDates = TimeUtil.getMinuteDatesOnEitherSide(startDate, endDate, 20);
@@ -82,11 +81,11 @@ public class ProcessLibPathTest extends BaseTestClass {
         bundles[0] = BundleUtil.readELBundle();
         bundles[0] = new Bundle(bundles[0], cluster);
         bundles[0].generateUniqueBundle();
-        bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(baseHDFSDir + datePattern);
+        bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(baseHDFSDir + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         bundles[0].setProcessValidity("2010-01-02T01:00Z", "2010-01-02T01:04Z");
         bundles[0].setProcessPeriodicity(5, TimeUnit.minutes);
         bundles[0].setOutputFeedPeriodicity(5, TimeUnit.minutes);
-        bundles[0].setOutputFeedLocationData(baseHDFSDir + "/output-data" + datePattern);
+        bundles[0].setOutputFeedLocationData(baseHDFSDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         bundles[0].setProcessConcurrency(1);
         bundles[0].setProcessLibPath(testLibDir);
         process = bundles[0].getProcessData();

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/lineage/LineageApiProcessInstanceTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/lineage/LineageApiProcessInstanceTest.java
index 838c6d7..5868882 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/lineage/LineageApiProcessInstanceTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/lineage/LineageApiProcessInstanceTest.java
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ public class LineageApiProcessInstanceTest extends BaseTestClass {
     String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/LineageApiInstanceTest";
     String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
     String feedInputPrefix = baseTestHDFSDir + "/input";
-    String feedInputPath = feedInputPrefix + "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    String feedOutputPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    String feedInputPath = feedInputPrefix + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    String feedOutputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     String processName;
     String inputFeedName;
     String outputFeedName;

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/lineage/LineageApiTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/lineage/LineageApiTest.java
index 37aa98c..0c6ecae 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/lineage/LineageApiTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/lineage/LineageApiTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 @Test(groups = "lineage-rest")
 public class LineageApiTest extends BaseTestClass {
-    private static final String datePattern = "${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LineageApiTest.class);
     private static final String testName = "LineageApiTest";
     private static final String testTag =
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ public class LineageApiTest extends BaseTestClass {
         inputMerlin.setTags(testTag);
         inputFeeds = generateFeeds(numInputFeeds, inputMerlin,
             Generator.getNameGenerator("infeed", inputMerlin.getName()),
-            Generator.getHadoopPathGenerator(feedInputPath, datePattern));
+            Generator.getHadoopPathGenerator(feedInputPath, MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN));
         for (FeedMerlin feed : inputFeeds) {
             AssertUtil.assertSucceeded(prism.getFeedHelper().submitEntity(Util.URLS.SUBMIT_URL,
                 feed.toString()));
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ public class LineageApiTest extends BaseTestClass {
         outputMerlin.setTags(testTag);
         outputFeeds = generateFeeds(numOutputFeeds, outputMerlin,
             Generator.getNameGenerator("outfeed", outputMerlin.getName()),
-            Generator.getHadoopPathGenerator(feedOutputPath, datePattern));
+            Generator.getHadoopPathGenerator(feedOutputPath, MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN));
         for (FeedMerlin feed : outputFeeds) {
             AssertUtil.assertSucceeded(prism.getFeedHelper().submitEntity(Util.URLS.SUBMIT_URL,
                 feed.toString()));

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/EntityDryRunTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/EntityDryRunTest.java
index 0b06823..72d03cd 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/EntityDryRunTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/EntityDryRunTest.java
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ public class EntityDryRunTest extends BaseTestClass {
     private ColoHelper cluster = servers.get(0);
     private FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
     private String baseTestHDFSDir = baseHDFSDir + "/EntityDryRunTest";
-    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir +
-        "/input/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String feedOutputPath =
-        baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    private String feedInputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String feedOutputPath = baseTestHDFSDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(EntityDryRunTest.class);
 

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/FeedDelayParallelTimeoutTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/FeedDelayParallelTimeoutTest.java
index 564637c..c234f0d 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/FeedDelayParallelTimeoutTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/FeedDelayParallelTimeoutTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class FeedDelayParallelTimeoutTest extends BaseTestClass {
     ColoHelper cluster2 = servers.get(1);
 
     String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/FeedDelayParallelTimeoutTest";
-    String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/";
+    String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(FeedDelayParallelTimeoutTest.class);
 

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/NewPrismProcessUpdateTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/NewPrismProcessUpdateTest.java
index 884862b..9198901 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/NewPrismProcessUpdateTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/NewPrismProcessUpdateTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ import java.util.Random;
 public class NewPrismProcessUpdateTest extends BaseTestClass {
 
     private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/NewPrismProcessUpdateTest";
-    private String inputFeedPath = baseTestDir + "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    private String inputFeedPath = baseTestDir + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String workflowPath = baseTestDir + "/falcon-oozie-wf";
     private String workflowPath2 = baseTestDir + "/falcon-oozie-wf2";
     private String aggregatorPath = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedDeleteTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedDeleteTest.java
index b1e78d0..9e3ed12 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedDeleteTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedDeleteTest.java
@@ -399,15 +399,13 @@ public class PrismFeedDeleteTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeServer1, "2099-10-01T12:10Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
-                "${cluster.colo}",
-                baseHDFSDir + "/localDC/rc/billing/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+                "${cluster.colo}", baseHDFSDir + "/localDC/rc/billing" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeServer2, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, null,
-                baseHDFSDir +
-                    "/clusterPath/localDC/rc/billing/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+                baseHDFSDir + "/clusterPath/localDC/rc/billing" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         Util.shutDownService(cluster1.getFeedHelper());
 
@@ -836,15 +834,13 @@ public class PrismFeedDeleteTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeServer1, "2099-10-01T12:10Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
-                "${cluster.colo}",
-                baseHDFSDir + "/localDC/rc/billing/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+                "${cluster.colo}", baseHDFSDir + "/localDC/rc/billing" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeServer2, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, null,
-                baseHDFSDir +
-                    "/clusterPath/localDC/rc/billing/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+                baseHDFSDir + "/clusterPath/localDC/rc/billing" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         logger.info("feed: " + Util.prettyPrintXml(feed));
 
@@ -939,14 +935,12 @@ public class PrismFeedDeleteTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeServer1, "2099-10-01T12:10Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
-                "${cluster.colo}",
-                baseHDFSDir + "/localDC/rc/billing/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+                "${cluster.colo}", baseHDFSDir + "/localDC/rc/billing" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeServer2, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, null,
-                baseHDFSDir + "/clusterPath/localDC/rc/billing/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/$" +
-                    "{MINUTE}");
+                baseHDFSDir + "/clusterPath/localDC/rc/billing" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         logger.info("feed: " + Util.prettyPrintXml(feed));
 

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index 71abd95..8a14229 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedLateReplicationTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedLateReplicationTest.java
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ public class PrismFeedLateReplicationTest extends BaseTestClass {
     FileSystem cluster2FS = serverFS.get(1);
     FileSystem cluster3FS = serverFS.get(2);
     private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/PrismFeedLateReplicationTest";
-    private String inputPath =
-        baseTestDir + "/input-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/";
+    private String inputPath = baseTestDir + "/input-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PrismFeedLateReplicationTest.class);
 

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest.java
index ee7052e..2d67583 100755
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
     private String testDirWithDate = testBaseDir1 + testDate;
     private String testDirWithDate_sourcetarget = testBaseDir4 + testDate;
     private String testDirWithDate_source1 = testBaseDir_server1source + testDate;
-    private String dateTemplate = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
     private String testFile1 = OSUtil.RESOURCES
         + OSUtil.getPath("ReplicationResources", "feed-s4Replication.xml");
     private String testFile2 = OSUtil.RESOURCES + OSUtil.getPath("ReplicationResources", "id.pig");
@@ -216,13 +215,13 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA1, "2012-10-01T12:10Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE, "",
-                testBaseDir1 + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir1 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2012-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, "",
-                testBaseDir2 + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir2 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2099-01-01T00:00Z"),
@@ -269,13 +268,13 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(100000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, null,
-                testBaseDir2 + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir2 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2099-01-01T00:00Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(100000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[2].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
-                "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir1 + dateTemplate);
+                "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir1 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         logger.info("feed: " + Util.prettyPrintXml(feed));
 
@@ -364,13 +363,13 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET,
-                "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir2 + dateTemplate);
+                "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir2 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2099-01-01T00:00Z"),
             XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
             Util.readEntityName(bundles[2].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE, null,
-            testBaseDir1 + dateTemplate);
+            testBaseDir1 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         logger.info("feed: " + Util.prettyPrintXml(feed));
 
@@ -440,7 +439,7 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
 
 
         String feed = bundles[0].getDataSets().get(0);
-        feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedFilePath(feed, testBaseDir3 + dateTemplate);
+        feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedFilePath(feed, testBaseDir3 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2010-01-01T00:00Z"),
@@ -547,14 +546,14 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA1, "2012-10-01T12:10Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE, null,
-                testBaseDir1 + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir1 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2012-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET,
                 "${cluster.colo}",
-                testBaseDir2 + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir2 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2099-01-01T00:00Z"),
@@ -594,7 +593,7 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
 
         String feed = bundles[0].getDataSets().get(0);
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedFilePath(feed,
-            testBaseDir1 + dateTemplate);
+            testBaseDir1 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2010-01-01T00:00Z"),
             XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000000)", ActionType.DELETE), null,
@@ -604,13 +603,13 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA1, "2012-10-01T12:11Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, null,
-                testBaseDir1 + "/ua1" + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir1 + "/ua1" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2012-10-01T12:26Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, null,
-                testBaseDir1 + "/ua2" + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir1 + "/ua2" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2099-01-01T00:00Z"),
@@ -705,19 +704,19 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
                 "${cluster.colo}",
-                testBaseDir_server1source + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir_server1source + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, null,
-                testBaseDir2 + "/replicated" + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir2 + "/replicated" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2099-01-01T00:00Z"),
             XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
             Util.readEntityName(bundles[2].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
-            "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir1 + dateTemplate);
+            "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir1 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         logger.info("feed: " + Util.prettyPrintXml(feed));
 
@@ -777,7 +776,7 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
         String startTimeUA2 = "2012-10-01T12:10Z";
 
         String feed = bundles[0].getDataSets().get(0);
-        feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedFilePath(feed, testBaseDir1 + dateTemplate);
+        feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedFilePath(feed, testBaseDir1 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2010-01-01T00:00Z"),
             XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE), null,
@@ -787,19 +786,19 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA1, "2099-10-01T12:10Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET,
-                "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir1 + "/ua1" + dateTemplate + "/");
+                "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir1 + "/ua1" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN + "/");
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET,
-                "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir1 + "/ua2" + dateTemplate + "/");
+                "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir1 + "/ua2" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN + "/");
 
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2099-01-01T00:00Z")
             , XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
             Util.readEntityName(bundles[2].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
-            "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir4 + dateTemplate + "/");
+            "${cluster.colo}", testBaseDir4 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN + "/");
 
         logger.info("feed: " + Util.prettyPrintXml(feed));
 
@@ -876,13 +875,13 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationPartitionExpTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA1, "2012-10-01T12:10Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE, "",
-                testBaseDir1 + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir1 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2012-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(bundles[2].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET, "",
-                testBaseDir2 + dateTemplate);
+                testBaseDir2 + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity("2012-10-01T12:00Z", "2099-01-01T00:00Z"),

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest.java
index 6aebbd7..a4c27d7 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest.java
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest extends BaseTestClass {
     String cluster2Colo = cluster2.getClusterHelper().getColoName();
     String cluster3Colo = cluster3.getClusterHelper().getColoName();
     private final String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest";
-    private final String inputPath =
-        baseTestDir + "/input-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    private String alternativeInputPath =
-        baseTestDir + "/newFeedPath/input-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    private final String inputPath = baseTestDir + "/input-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
+    private String alternativeInputPath = baseTestDir + "/newFeedPath/input-data" +
+        MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest.class);
 
@@ -213,10 +212,8 @@ public class PrismFeedReplicationUpdateTest extends BaseTestClass {
             ClusterType.SOURCE, null);
 
         //set new feed input data
-        feed01 = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed01,
-            baseHDFSDir + "/feed01/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/");
-        feed02 = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed02,
-            baseHDFSDir + "/feed02/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/");
+        feed01 = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed01, baseHDFSDir + "/feed01" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
+        feed02 = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed02, baseHDFSDir + "/feed02" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         //generate data in both the colos ua1 and ua3
         String prefix = InstanceUtil.getFeedPrefix(feed01);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedSnSTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedSnSTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedSnSTest.java
index 15a2c3c..71f3751 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedSnSTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedSnSTest.java
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@ public class PrismFeedSnSTest extends BaseTestClass {
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA1, "2099-10-01T12:10Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(clust1), ClusterType.SOURCE, "${cluster.colo}",
-                baseHDFSDir + "/localDC/rc/billing/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+                baseHDFSDir + "/localDC/rc/billing" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         feed = InstanceUtil
             .setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeUA2, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
                 XmlUtil.createRtention("days(10000)", ActionType.DELETE),
                 Util.readEntityName(clust2), ClusterType.TARGET, null, baseHDFSDir +
-                    "/clusterPath/localDC/rc/billing/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+                    "/clusterPath/localDC/rc/billing" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         logger.info("feed: " + Util.prettyPrintXml(feed));
 
         Util.shutDownService(cluster1.getFeedHelper());

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedUpdateTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedUpdateTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedUpdateTest.java
index c0e1617..1225525 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedUpdateTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/PrismFeedUpdateTest.java
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ public class PrismFeedUpdateTest extends BaseTestClass {
     public final String cluster1colo = cluster1.getClusterHelper().getColoName();
     public final String cluster2colo = cluster2.getClusterHelper().getColoName();
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PrismFeedUpdateTest.class);
-    String feedInputTimedOutPath =
-        baseTestDir + "/timedout/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    String feedInputTimedOutPath = baseTestDir + "/timedout" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
 
     @BeforeClass(alwaysRun = true)
     public void uploadWorkflow() throws Exception {
@@ -131,8 +130,7 @@ public class PrismFeedUpdateTest extends BaseTestClass {
                 ClusterType.SOURCE, null);
 
         //set new feed input data
-        feed01 = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed01,
-            baseTestDir + "/feed01/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}/");
+        feed01 = Util.setFeedPathValue(feed01, baseTestDir + "/feed01" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         //generate data in both the colos cluster1colo and cluster2colo
         String prefix = InstanceUtil.getFeedPrefix(feed01);

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/RescheduleKilledProcessTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/RescheduleKilledProcessTest.java
index 468692a..139b472 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/RescheduleKilledProcessTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/RescheduleKilledProcessTest.java
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ public class RescheduleKilledProcessTest extends BaseTestClass {
         bundles[0].setProcessValidity(TimeUtil.getTimeWrtSystemTime(-11),
             TimeUtil.getTimeWrtSystemTime(6));
 
-        bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(
-            baseHDFSDir + "/rawLogs/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+        bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(baseHDFSDir + "/rawLogs" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         logger.info("process: " + Util.prettyPrintXml(bundles[0].getProcessData()));
 

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/RescheduleProcessInFinalStatesTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/RescheduleProcessInFinalStatesTest.java
index 7109829..3bba852 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/RescheduleProcessInFinalStatesTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/RescheduleProcessInFinalStatesTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class RescheduleProcessInFinalStatesTest extends BaseTestClass {
     FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
     String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/RescheduleProcessInFinalStates";
     String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
-    String inputPath = baseTestDir + "/input/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
+    String inputPath = baseTestDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(RescheduleProcessInFinalStatesTest.class);
 
     @BeforeClass(alwaysRun = true)
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ public class RescheduleProcessInFinalStatesTest extends BaseTestClass {
         bundles[0].setProcessValidity("2010-01-02T01:00Z", "2010-01-02T01:15Z");
         bundles[0].setProcessPeriodicity(5, TimeUnit.minutes);
         bundles[0].setOutputFeedPeriodicity(5, TimeUnit.minutes);
-        bundles[0].setOutputFeedLocationData(
-            baseTestDir + "/output-data/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}");
+        bundles[0].setOutputFeedLocationData(baseTestDir + "/output-data" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         bundles[0].setProcessConcurrency(6);
         bundles[0].setProcessWorkflow(aggregateWorkflowDir);
         bundles[0].submitFeedsScheduleProcess(prism);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest.java
index f8a9fd6..cd7d7bd 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/prism/UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ public class UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest extends BaseTestClass {
     ColoHelper cluster2 = servers.get(1);
     ColoHelper cluster3 = servers.get(2);
     FileSystem cluster2FS = serverFS.get(1);
-    private String dateTemplate = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
     private final String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest-data";
     String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseHDFSDir + "/aggregator";
 
@@ -440,7 +439,7 @@ public class UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest extends BaseTestClass {
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed, XmlUtil.createValidity(startTime, endTime),
             XmlUtil.createRtention("days(100000)", ActionType.DELETE),
             Util.readEntityName(processBundle.getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
-            null, baseTestDir + "/replication" + dateTemplate);
+            null, baseTestDir + "/replication" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         ServiceResponse r = prism.getClusterHelper().submitEntity(Util.URLS.SUBMIT_URL,
             processBundle.getClusters().get(0));
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ public class UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest extends BaseTestClass {
                 ("2012-10-01T12:10Z", "2099-10-01T12:10Z"),
             XmlUtil.createRtention("days(1000000)", ActionType.DELETE),
             Util.readEntityName(b.getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE, "",
-            "/someTestPath" + dateTemplate);
+            "/someTestPath" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         ServiceResponse r = prism.getClusterHelper().submitEntity(Util.URLS
                 .SUBMIT_URL,
             b.getClusters().get(0));
@@ -617,12 +616,12 @@ public class UpdateAtSpecificTimeTest extends BaseTestClass {
             XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeCluster_target, "2099-10-01T12:25Z"),
             XmlUtil.createRtention("days(100000)", ActionType.DELETE),
             Util.readEntityName(bundles[0].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.TARGET,
-            null, testDataDir + dateTemplate);
+            null, testDataDir + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         feed = InstanceUtil.setFeedCluster(feed,
             XmlUtil.createValidity(startTimeCluster_source, "2099-01-01T00:00Z"),
             XmlUtil.createRtention("days(100000)", ActionType.DELETE),
             Util.readEntityName(bundles[1].getClusters().get(0)), ClusterType.SOURCE,
-            null, testDataDir + dateTemplate);
+            null, testDataDir + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
 
         //submit clusters
         Bundle.submitCluster(bundles[0], bundles[1], bundles[2]);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-falcon/blob/be08a2e7/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/LineageGraphTest.java
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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/LineageGraphTest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/LineageGraphTest.java
index 697d8bd..7a69e58 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/LineageGraphTest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/LineageGraphTest.java
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ public class LineageGraphTest extends BaseUITestClass {
     private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/LineageGraphTest";
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LineageGraphTest.class);
-    String datePattern = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
-    String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/input" + datePattern;
+    String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/input" + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN;
     private FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
     private OozieClient clusterOC = serverOC.get(0);
     private String processName = null;

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diff --git a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/ProcessUITest.java b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/ProcessUITest.java
index c82786f..110e2e9 100644
--- a/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/ProcessUITest.java
+++ b/falcon-regression/merlin/src/test/java/org/apache/falcon/regression/ui/ProcessUITest.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public class ProcessUITest extends BaseUITestClass {
     private String baseTestDir = baseHDFSDir + "/TestProcessUI";
     private String aggregateWorkflowDir = baseTestDir + "/aggregator";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ProcessUITest.class);
-    String datePattern = "/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}";
     String feedInputPath = baseTestDir + "/input";
     final String feedOutputPath = baseTestDir + "/output";
     private FileSystem clusterFS = serverFS.get(0);
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ public class ProcessUITest extends BaseUITestClass {
         bundles[0].setProcessPeriodicity(1, Frequency.TimeUnit.minutes);
         bundles[0].setProcessConcurrency(5);
         bundles[0].setInputFeedPeriodicity(1, Frequency.TimeUnit.minutes);
-        bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(feedInputPath + datePattern);
+        bundles[0].setInputFeedDataPath(feedInputPath + MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN);
         Process process = bundles[0].getProcessObject();
         Inputs inputs = new Inputs();
         Input input = new Input();
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ public class ProcessUITest extends BaseUITestClass {
 
         inputFeeds = LineageApiTest.generateFeeds(numInputFeeds, inputMerlin,
                 Generator.getNameGenerator("infeed", inputMerlin.getName()),
-                Generator.getHadoopPathGenerator(feedInputPath, datePattern));
+                Generator.getHadoopPathGenerator(feedInputPath, MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN));
         int j = 0;
         for (FeedMerlin feed : inputFeeds) {
             bundles[0].addInputFeedToBundle("inputFeed" + j, feed.toString(), j++);
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ public class ProcessUITest extends BaseUITestClass {
 
         outputFeeds = LineageApiTest.generateFeeds(numOutputFeeds, outputMerlin,
                 Generator.getNameGenerator("outfeed", outputMerlin.getName()),
-                Generator.getHadoopPathGenerator(feedOutputPath, datePattern));
+                Generator.getHadoopPathGenerator(feedOutputPath, MINUTE_DATE_PATTERN));
         j = 0;
         for (FeedMerlin feed : outputFeeds) {
             bundles[0].addOutputFeedToBundle("outputFeed" + j, feed.toString(), j++);