Support tests written in Jython
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Key: MSUREFIRE-122
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MSUREFIRE-122
Project: Maven 2.x Surefire Plugin
Type: New Feature
Reporter: Charlie Groves
Attachments: jythonProvider.tar.gz
I've written a first pass at a surefire-provider for JUnit and Python unittest
TestCases written in Jython. Before I continue any further I'd like to make
sure that the provider is wanted and that I'm heading in the right direction.
To do the minimum to get it up and running, I've hooked into the
maven-surefire-plugin to hook my provider into the system somewhat like the
TestNG provider did. maven-surefire-plugin passes a path(defaults to
src/test/jython) to the provider. The provider searches the path for files
matching include patterns and loads those as Python modules. For every class
in the matching modules that extends junit or unittest TestCase, it makes a
SurefireTestSuite and exposes them for running. Sound like a decent approach?
To give it a spin, apply maven-surefire-plugin.patch, mvn install on the
surefire-jython project and run mvn test in jythonProviderTest. It's just
contains a single Junit testcase with a failing and passing test.
I haven't even checked what happens when the jython tests throw exceptions, and
I know there's alot to be done as far as making it a usable plugin, but I felt
like getting some feedback before continuing.
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