The definitive guide, not just for JUnit, but unit testing in general.
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JUnit is the leading Java unit testing framework and its version 4.8 significantly improves the Java development process. Designed for productivity, it has extensions for newer application styles—like Ajax and HTML-based presentation layers—and for application frameworks like EJB and OSGi.
JUnit in Action, Second Edition is an entirely revised and up-to-date guide to unit testing Java applications. It provides techniques for solving real-world problems such as using mocks for testing isolation, in-container testing for Java EE and database applications, and test automation. In an example-driven style, it covers JUnit 4.8 innovations such as the new annotations that simplify test writing, improved exception handling, and the new assertion methods. Along the way, you'll learn to integrate JUnit with other important open source frameworks and tools.
preface
preface to the first edition
acknowledgments
about this book
about the authors
about the cover illustration
Part 1 JUnit essentials
1. Chapter 1 JUnit jump-start
1.1. Proving it works
1.2. Starting from scratch
1.3. Understanding unit testing frameworks
1.4. JUnit design goals
1.5. Setting up JUnit
1.6. Testing with JUnit
1.7. Summary
2. Chapter 2 Exploring core JUnit
2.1. Exploring core JUnit
2.2. Running parameterized tests
2.3. JUnit test runners
2.4. Composing tests with a suite
2.5. Summary
3. Chapter 3 Mastering JUnit
3.1. Introducing the controller component
3.2. Let’s test it!
3.3. Testing exception handling
3.4. Timeout testing
3.5. Introducing Hamcrest matchers
3.6. Setting up a project for testing
3.7. Summary
4. Chapter 4 Software testing principles
4.1. The need for unit tests
4.2. Test types
4.3. Black box versus white box testing
4.4. Summary
Part 2 Different testing strategies
5. Chapter 5 Test coverage and development
5.1. Measuring test coverage
5.2. Writing testable code
5.3. Test-driven development
5.4. Testing in the development cycle
5.5. Summary
6. Chapter 6 Coarse-grained testing with stubs
6.1. Introducing stubs
6.2. Stubbing an HTTP connection
6.3. Stubbing the web server’s resources
6.4. Stubbing the connection
6.5. Summary
7. Chapter 7 Testing with mock objects
7.1. Introducing mock objects
7.2. Unit testing with mock objects
7.3. Refactoring with mock objects
7.4. Mocking an HTTP connection
7.5. Using mocks as Trojan horses
7.6. Introducing mock frameworks
7.7. Summary
8. Chapter 8 In-container testing
8.1. Limitations of standard unit testing
8.2. The mock objects solution
8.3. In-container testing
8.4. Comparing stubs, mock objects, and in-container testing
8.5. Summary
Part 3 JUnit and the build process
9. Chapter 9 Running JUnit tests from Ant
9.1. A day in the life
9.2. Running tests from Ant
9.3. Introducing and installing Ant
9.4. Ant targets, projects, properties, and tasks
9.5. Putting Ant to the task
9.6. Dependency management with Ivy
9.7. Creating HTML reports
9.8. Batching tests
9.9. Summary
10. Chapter 10 Running JUnit tests from Maven2
10.1. Maven’s features
10.2. Setting up a Maven project
10.3. Introduction to Maven plug-ins
10.4. The bad side of Maven
10.5. Summary
11. Chapter 11 Continuous integration tools
11.1. A taste of continuous integration
11.2. CruiseControl to the rescue
11.3. Another neat tool—Hudson
11.4. Benefits of continuous integration
11.5. Summary
Part 4 JUnit extensions
12. Chapter 12 Presentation-layer testing
12.1. Choosing a testing framework
12.2. Introducing HtmlUnit
12.3. Writing HtmlUnit tests
12.4. Integrating HtmlUnit with Cactus
12.5. Introducing Selenium
12.6. Generating Selenium tests
12.7. Running Selenium tests
12.8. Writing Selenium tests
12.9. HtmlUnit versus Selenium
12.10. Summary
13. Chapter 13 Ajax testing
13.1. Why are Ajax applications difficult to test?
13.2. Testing patterns for Ajax
13.3. Functional testing
13.4. JavaScript testing
13.5. RhinoUnit versus JsUnit
13.6. Checking best practices with JSLint
13.7. Testing services with HttpClient
13.8. Testing Google Web Toolkit applications
13.9. Summary
14. Chapter 14 Server-side Java testing with Cactus
14.1. What is Cactus?
14.2. Testing with Cactus
14.3. Testing servlets and filters
14.4. Testing JSPs
14.5. Testing EJBs
14.6. What is Cargo?
14.7. Executing Cactus tests with Ant
14.8. Executing Cactus tests with Maven2x
14.9. Executing Cactus tests from the browser
14.10. Summary
15. Chapter 15 Testing JSF applications
15.1. Introducing JSF
15.2. Introducing the sample application
15.3. Typical problems when testing JSF applications
15.4. Strategies for testing JSF applications
15.5. Testing the sample application with JSFUnit
15.6. Using HtmlUnit with JSFUnit
15.7. Performance testing for your JSF application
15.8. Summary
16. Chapter 16 Testing OSGi components
16.1. Introducing OSGi
16.2. Our first OSGi service
16.3. Testing OSGi services
16.4. Introducing JUnit4OSGi
16.5. Summary
17. Chapter 17 Testing database access
17.1. The database unit testing impedance mismatch
17.2. Introducing DbUnit
17.3. Using datasets to populate the database
17.4. Asserting database state with datasets
17.5. Transforming data using ReplacementDataSet
17.6. Creating datasets from existing database data
17.7. Advanced techniques
17.8. Database access testing best practices
17.9. Summary
18. Chapter 18 Testing JPA-based applications
18.1. Testing multilayered applications
18.2. Aspects of JPA testing
18.3. Preparing the infrastructure
18.4. Testing JPA entities mapping
18.5. Testing JPA-based DAOs
18.6. Testing foreign key names
18.7. Summary
19. Chapter 19 JUnit on steroids
19.1. Introduction
19.2. Transparent mock usage
19.3. DbUnit integration
19.4. Assertions made easy
19.5. Using reflection to bypass encapsulation
19.6. Summary
Appendix A: : Differences between JUnit 3 and JUnit 4
: Extending the JUnit API with custom runners and matchers : The source code for the book : JUnit IDE integration : Installing software index
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About the Technology
JUnit is the leading Java unit testing framework and its version 4.8 significantly improves the Java development process. Designed for productivity, it has extensions for newer application styles—like Ajax and HTML-based presentation layers—and for application frameworks like EJB and OSGi.
About the book
JUnit in Action, Second Edition is an entirely revised and up-to-date guide to unit testing Java applications. It provides techniques for solving real-world problems such as using mocks for testing isolation, in-container testing for Java EE and database applications, and test automation. In an example-driven style, it covers JUnit 4.8 innovations such as the new annotations that simplify test writing, improved exception handling, and the new assertion methods. Along the way, you'll learn to integrate JUnit with other important open source frameworks and tools.
What's inside
- Introduction to unit testing
- Blends JUnit with TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, and other best practices
- Unit testing of database and web applications
About the authors
Petar Tahchiev is a software engineer with HP and the Jakarta Cactus lead developer. Felipe Leme is a JCP member and contributor to DbUnit and Cactus. Gary Gregory is a Java developer with 20+ years of experience who currently develops application servers for legacy integration. Vincent Massol was the author of the first edition of JUnit in Action.