[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-128?page=all ]
John Casey updated MASSEMBLY-128:
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Fix Version: 2.2
> Refactor and improve unit testing
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> Key: MASSEMBLY-128
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-128
> Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin
> Type: Improvement
> Versions: 2.1
> Reporter: John Casey
> Priority: Blocker
> Fix For: 2.2
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> The current implementation of the assembly plugin is that of a few really
> hard to manage monoliths, from which all the mojos extend. Also, the tests
> included in this plugin are not true unit tests, but more functional tests,
> in that they test the entirety of a mojo under a particular use case, as if
> it were a black box.
> If we break the assembly plugin's abstract classes up into a reasonable set
> of helper/utility classes, we should be able to unit test individual pieces
> of the system without resorting to black-box testing of an entire mojo. This
> should improve the resilience of these tests when a new feature is added.
> Currently, it's nearly impossible to add a feature without spending a day
> trying to figure out why the tests are failing (a day is not an exaggeration,
> BTW).
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