Re: unit test decide(LoggingEvent inEvent)

[James Stauffer <st...@gmail.com>]

If you check the source code of the other filters do they have unit
tests that would work as examples?

On 2/1/06, Kamal Ahmed <KA...@webmethods.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Could you please give me some CLUE, on how to proceed to test the following
> method:
>     public int decide(LoggingEvent inEvent) {
>
>             boolean retCode = false;
>
>             if (inEvent != null) {
>
>                 Matcher matcher =
> targetPattern.matcher(inEvent.getLoggerName());
>
>                 retCode = (matcher.find() == acceptMatch);
>
>             }
>
>             return (retCode) ? Filter.NEUTRAL : Filter.DENY;
>
>         }
>
> Now i need to write a junit test for this, but I am not sure WHERE to start?
>
> 1. Should i create a NEW instance of the class this method belongs to?
>
> 2. How do i get an "inEvent" of type LoggingEvent?
>
> 3. So this is how i have started writing test case for the method, decide(),
> based on:
>
> The General form of Junit test follows the following steps:
>
> 1. Create an object and put it in a known state
> 2. Invoke a method which returns the "actual result"
> 3. Create the "expected result" which may be a primitive value or a more
> complex object.
> 4. Invoke "assertEquals(expectedResult,actualResult)
>
>
>
>     public int testdecide() {
>                    int result=0;
>
>                    // WmLoggerFilter subjectWmLoggerFilter = new
> WmLoggerFilter();
>
>                    return result;
>           }
> Since WmLoggerFilter is the class that contains testdecide()
> I would appreciate any help.
> Thanks,
>
> -Kamal.
>
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