Beginner in Cactus

[Vam Makam <va...@openwave.com>]

Hi,

I'm trying to test some custom tag libraries and I came across your site.

I have been reading through the classpath setups and other things, but I am
initially confused.

For starters, where do I begin my testXXXMethods?  In what directory under
[Cactus Root]?

I have my custom tag library under [ Resin Root ] / webapps / App
Do I have to tell Cactus where that is located, or simply just change that
in cactus.properties file where it says "Context"?

Also, for all the files needed to be added to the Classpath, where do I put
all the server required itemS?  Under my [ Resin Root ]/ lib?

These answers would be a great start.

-Vam Makam




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Re: Beginner in Cactus

[Kaarle Kaila <ka...@iki.fi>]

At 18:31 15.5.2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to test some custom tag libraries and I came across your site.
>
>I have been reading through the classpath setups and other things, but I am
>initially confused.

hi,

I have written a tutorial that is targeted for beginners of
custom-tag lib and cactus. You can find my tutorial at

http://kacoma.sourceforge.net/tutorial/

regards
Kaarle

>For starters, where do I begin my testXXXMethods?  In what directory under
>[Cactus Root]?
>
>I have my custom tag library under [ Resin Root ] / webapps / App
>Do I have to tell Cactus where that is located, or simply just change that
>in cactus.properties file where it says "Context"?
>
>Also, for all the files needed to be added to the Classpath, where do I put
>all the server required itemS?  Under my [ Resin Root ]/ lib?
>
>These answers would be a great start.
>
>-Vam Makam
>
>
>
>
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RE: Beginner in Cactus

[Vincent Massol <vm...@octo.com>]

Hi Vam,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vam Makam [mailto:vam.makam@openwave.com]
> Sent: 16 May 2002 02:32
> To: cactus-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Beginner in Cactus
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to test some custom tag libraries and I came across your
site.
> 

good choice ! :-)

> I have been reading through the classpath setups and other things, but
I
> am
> initially confused.
> 
> For starters, where do I begin my testXXXMethods?  

I think you should read the TestCase howto tutorial on the web site.

> In what directory under
> [Cactus Root]?

I don't understand. What do you call [Cactus Root] ?

> 
> I have my custom tag library under [ Resin Root ] / webapps / App
> Do I have to tell Cactus where that is located, or simply just change
that
> in cactus.properties file where it says "Context"?

no context is the name of your servlet context, i.e. the name of your
webapp. In your case that is "App".

The Taglib unit tests do not test the usage of the taglibs from JSP
pages (although this is possible but that's another matter and is not
about unit testing taglibs) but rather unit tests the taglib itself, as
a java class.

I think this is the problem you're having : you're trying to use cactus
as a black box testing tool fro your taglib whereas it is meant to write
white box testing (i.e. unit test) of your Taglib, in the same way as
you may write JUnit unit tests for a java class.

> 
> Also, for all the files needed to be added to the Classpath, where do
I
> put
> all the server required itemS?  

What "items" are you referring to ? Please check the Classpath howto
tutorial on the web site.

> Under my [ Resin Root ]/ lib?
> 

You could probably although I'd recommend the canonical way to start
with, which is to put all jars in your WEB-INF/lib directory.

> These answers would be a great start.
> 
> -Vam Makam
> 

Hope it helps
-Vincent

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