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diff --git a/tests/test_tools/simpletest/docs/en/unit_test_documentation.html b/tests/test_tools/simpletest/docs/en/unit_test_documentation.html deleted file mode 100755 index 47b61eca..00000000 --- a/tests/test_tools/simpletest/docs/en/unit_test_documentation.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,390 +0,0 @@ -<html> -<head> -<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> -<title>SimpleTest for PHP regression test documentation</title> -<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docs.css" title="Styles"> -</head> -<body> -<div class="menu_back"> -<div class="menu"> -<h2> -<a href="index.html">SimpleTest</a> -</h2> -<ul> -<li> -<a href="overview.html">Overview</a> -</li> -<li> -<span class="chosen">Unit tester</span> -</li> -<li> -<a href="group_test_documentation.html">Group tests</a> -</li> -<li> -<a href="mock_objects_documentation.html">Mock objects</a> -</li> -<li> -<a href="partial_mocks_documentation.html">Partial mocks</a> -</li> -<li> -<a href="reporter_documentation.html">Reporting</a> -</li> -<li> -<a href="expectation_documentation.html">Expectations</a> -</li> -<li> -<a href="web_tester_documentation.html">Web tester</a> -</li> -<li> -<a href="form_testing_documentation.html">Testing forms</a> -</li> -<li> -<a href="authentication_documentation.html">Authentication</a> -</li> -<li> -<a href="browser_documentation.html">Scriptable browser</a> -</li> -</ul> -</div> -</div> -<h1>PHP Unit Test documentation</h1> -<div class="content"> - <p> -<a class="target" name="unit"> -<h2>Unit test cases</h2> -</a> -</p> - <p> - The core system is a regression testing framework built around - test cases. - A sample test case looks like this... -<pre> -<strong>class FileTestCase extends UnitTestCase { -}</strong> -</pre> - If no test name is supplied when chaining the constructor then - the class name will be taken instead. - This will be the name displayed in the test results. - </p> - <p> - Actual tests are added as methods in the test case whose names - by default start with the string "test" and - when the test case is invoked all such methods are run in - the order that PHP introspection finds them. - As many test methods can be added as needed. - For example... -<pre> -require_once('../classes/writer.php'); - -class FileTestCase extends UnitTestCase { - function FileTestCase() { - $this->UnitTestCase('File test'); - }<strong> - - function setUp() { - @unlink('../temp/test.txt'); - } - - function tearDown() { - @unlink('../temp/test.txt'); - } - - function testCreation() { - $writer = &new FileWriter('../temp/test.txt'); - $writer->write('Hello'); - $this->assertTrue(file_exists('../temp/test.txt'), 'File created'); - }</strong> -} -</pre> - The constructor is optional and usually omitted. - Without a name, the class name is taken as the name of the test case. - </p> - <p> - Our only test method at the moment is <span class="new_code">testCreation()</span> - where we check that a file has been created by our - <span class="new_code">Writer</span> object. - We could have put the <span class="new_code">unlink()</span> - code into this method as well, but by placing it in - <span class="new_code">setUp()</span> and - <span class="new_code">tearDown()</span> we can use it with - other test methods that we add. - </p> - <p> - The <span class="new_code">setUp()</span> method is run - just before each and every test method. - <span class="new_code">tearDown()</span> is run just after - each and every test method. - </p> - <p> - You can place some test case set up into the constructor to - be run once for all the methods in the test case, but - you risk test inteference that way. - This way is slightly slower, but it is safer. - Note that if you come from a JUnit background this will not - be the behaviour you are used to. - JUnit surprisingly reinstantiates the test case for each test - method to prevent such interference. - SimpleTest requires the end user to use <span class="new_code">setUp()</span>, but - supplies additional hooks for library writers. - </p> - <p> - The means of reporting test results (see below) are by a - visiting display class - that is notified by various <span class="new_code">assert...()</span> - methods. - Here is the full list for the <span class="new_code">UnitTestCase</span> - class, the default for SimpleTest... - <table> -<tbody> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertTrue($x)</span></td><td>Fail if $x is false</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertFalse($x)</span></td><td>Fail if $x is true</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertNull($x)</span></td><td>Fail if $x is set</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertNotNull($x)</span></td><td>Fail if $x not set</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertIsA($x, $t)</span></td><td>Fail if $x is not the class or type $t</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertNotA($x, $t)</span></td><td>Fail if $x is of the class or type $t</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertEqual($x, $y)</span></td><td>Fail if $x == $y is false</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertNotEqual($x, $y)</span></td><td>Fail if $x == $y is true</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertWithinMargin($x, $y, $m)</span></td><td>Fail if abs($x - $y) < $m is false</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertOutsideMargin($x, $y, $m)</span></td><td>Fail if abs($x - $y) < $m is true</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertIdentical($x, $y)</span></td><td>Fail if $x == $y is false or a type mismatch</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertNotIdentical($x, $y)</span></td><td>Fail if $x == $y is true and types match</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertReference($x, $y)</span></td><td>Fail unless $x and $y are the same variable</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertCopy($x, $y)</span></td><td>Fail if $x and $y are the same variable</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertPattern($p, $x)</span></td><td>Fail unless the regex $p matches $x</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertNoPattern($p, $x)</span></td><td>Fail if the regex $p matches $x</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertNoErrors()</span></td><td>Fail if any PHP error occoured</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertError($x)</span></td><td>Fail if no PHP error or incorrect message/expectation</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">assertExpectation($e)</span></td><td>Fail on failed expectation object</td> -</tr> - </tbody> -</table> - All assertion methods can take an optional description to - label the displayed result with. - If omitted a default message is sent instead which is usually - sufficient. - This default message can still be embedded in your own message - if you include "%s" within the string. - All the assertions return true on a pass or false on failure. - </p> - <p> - Some examples... -<pre> -<strong>$variable = null; -$this->assertNull($variable, 'Should be cleared');</strong> -</pre> - ...will pass and normally show no message. - If you have - <a href="http://www.lastcraft.com/display_subclass_tutorial.php">set up the tester to display passes</a> - as well then the message will be displayed as is. -<pre> -<strong>$this->assertIdentical(0, false, 'Zero is not false [%s]');</strong> -</pre> - This will fail as it performs a type - check as well as a comparison between the two values. - The "%s" part is replaced by the default - error message that would have been shown if we had not - supplied our own. - This also allows us to nest test messages. -<pre> -<strong>$a = 1; -$b = $a; -$this->assertReference($a, $b);</strong> -</pre> - Will fail as the variable <span class="new_code">$a</span> is a copy of <span class="new_code">$b</span>. -<pre> -<strong>$this->assertPattern('/hello/i', 'Hello world');</strong> -</pre> - This will pass as using a case insensitive match the string - <span class="new_code">hello</span> is contained in <span class="new_code">Hello world</span>. -<pre> -<strong>trigger_error('Disaster'); -trigger_error('Catastrophe'); -$this->assertError(); -$this->assertError('Catastrophe'); -$this->assertNoErrors();</strong> -</pre> - This one takes some explanation as in fact they all pass! - </p> - <p> - PHP errors in SimpleTest are trapped and placed in a queue. - Here the first error check catches the "Disaster" - message without checking the text and passes. - This removes the error from the queue. - The next error check tests not only the existence of the error, - but also the text which here matches so another pass. - With the queue now empty the last test will pass as well. - If any unchecked errors are left at the end of a test method then - an exception will be reported in the test. - Note that SimpleTest cannot catch compile time PHP errors. - </p> - <p> - The test cases also have some convenience methods for debugging - code or extending the suite... - <table> -<tbody> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">setUp()</span></td><td>Runs this before each test method</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">tearDown()</span></td><td>Runs this after each test method</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">pass()</span></td><td>Sends a test pass</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">fail()</span></td><td>Sends a test failure</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">error()</span></td><td>Sends an exception event</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">sendMessage()</span></td><td>Sends a status message to those displays that support it</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">signal($type, $payload)</span></td><td>Sends a user defined message to the test reporter</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">dump($var)</span></td><td>Does a formatted <span class="new_code">print_r()</span> for quick and dirty debugging</td> -</tr> - <tr> -<td><span class="new_code">swallowErrors()</span></td><td>Clears the error queue</td> -</tr> - </tbody> -</table> - </p> - - <p> -<a class="target" name="extending_unit"> -<h2>Extending test cases</h2> -</a> -</p> - <p> - Of course additional test methods can be added to create - specific types of test case too so as to extend framework... -<pre> -require_once('simpletest/unit_tester.php'); -<strong> -class FileTester extends UnitTestCase { - function FileTester($name = false) { - $this->UnitTestCase($name); - } - - function assertFileExists($filename, $message = '%s') { - $this->assertTrue( - file_exists($filename), - sprintf($message, 'File [$filename] existence check')); - }</strong> -} -</pre> - Here the SimpleTest library is held in a folder called - <em>simpletest</em> that is local. - Substitute your own path for this. - </p> - <p> - This new case can be now be inherited just like - a normal test case... -<pre> -class FileTestCase extends <strong>FileTester</strong> { - - function setUp() { - @unlink('../temp/test.txt'); - } - - function tearDown() { - @unlink('../temp/test.txt'); - } - - function testCreation() { - $writer = &new FileWriter('../temp/test.txt'); - $writer->write('Hello');<strong> - $this->assertFileExists('../temp/test.txt');</strong> - } -} -</pre> - </p> - <p> - If you want a test case that does not have all of the - <span class="new_code">UnitTestCase</span> assertions, - only your own and <span class="new_code">assertTrue()</span>, - you need to extend the <span class="new_code">SimpleTestCase</span> - class instead. - It is found in <em>simple_test.php</em> rather than - <em>unit_tester.php</em>. - See <a href="group_test_documentation.html">later</a> if you - want to incorporate other unit tester's - test cases in your test suites. - </p> - - <p> -<a class="target" name="running_unit"> -<h2>Running a single test case</h2> -</a> -</p> - <p> - You won't often run single test cases except when bashing - away at a module that is having difficulty and you don't - want to upset the main test suite. - Here is the scaffolding needed to run the a lone test case... -<pre> -<?php - require_once('simpletest/unit_tester.php');<strong> - require_once('simpletest/reporter.php');</strong> - require_once('../classes/writer.php'); - - class FileTestCase extends UnitTestCase { - function FileTestCase() { - $this->UnitTestCase('File test'); - } - }<strong> - - $test = &new FileTestCase(); - $test->run(new HtmlReporter());</strong> -?> -</pre> - This script will run as is, but will output zero passes - and zero failures until test methods are added. - </p> - - </div> -<div class="copyright"> - Copyright<br>Marcus Baker, Jason Sweat, Perrick Penet 2004 - </div> -</body> -</html> |