So, what is jregress? It’s my Java-based test-running framework, used to run Open ESB regression tests, and it is now open-source.
History: at Forte we used a C++-based tool, regress, to run regression tests. I created a Java-based work-alike that Sun uses for running regression tests. We can run Open ESB tests using the open-source or closed-source version. More history at project site.
What does it do? It uses a file naming and directory structure convention to discover, run, and check-the-results-of setup, test, and tear-down scripts or programs.
How? Each test is a monitored process. Jregress evaluates the test output, or stops the process if the test times-out.
The custom diff command ignores non-deterministic output; multiple developers can easily develop and run portable tests.
Features: Setup, test, and tear-down wrappers are shell or ant scripts, Java or scripting language programs. Setup/tear-down scripts can start/stop processes. Tests are independent and can use jUnit, TestNG, Selenium, etc.
Pre-reqs: “Unix” environment: Solaris, Mac OS X, Linux, Cygwin, etc.
Category: jregress
posted by Mike Wright on: September 11, 2008