org.apache.commons.latka
Class Latka

java.lang.Object
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public class Latka

extends java.lang.Object

This is the primary class for executing Latka functional tests. The main(String aargs[]) class provides a convenient command-line interface for executing single tests. See the Latka documentation for details on command-line usage. There is also a webapp-based Latka interface.

Author:

Morgan Delagrange

See Also:

Suite, LatkaProperties

Constructor Summary

Latka()

Method Summary

static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Execute a single test suite via the command line interface.
void	runTests(Suite suite, LatkaEventInfo listener) Execute a single Latka test suite.
void	setReportStylesheet(java.net.URL url)
void	setValidating(boolean isValidating) Set whether or not Latka will validate the XML in each test.
java.lang.String	transformXML(java.lang.String xml) Transform the XML generated by the XMLReporter using the default stylesheet.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Latka

public Latka()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Execute a single test suite via the command line interface. See the Latka documentation for detailed usage instructions. The Java process will return a 0 if all tests succeed and a 1 if any fail or there is an unrecoverable error in the test execution.

Parameters:

args - arguments containing the test suite location and any properties or property file references

runTests

public void runTests(Suite suite,
                     LatkaEventInfo listener)
              throws LatkaException

Execute a single Latka test suite. The Latka event listner will receive all the events generated during the test. The Latka packages contain an implmentation of LatkaEventInfo which can generate an XML report according to a standard DTD (see documentation).

Parameters:

suite - test suite to execute

listener - target for test events

See Also:

XML-based implementation of LatkaEventInfo

setReportStylesheet

public void setReportStylesheet(java.net.URL url)

setValidating

public void setValidating(boolean isValidating)

Set whether or not Latka will validate the XML in each test.

Parameters:

isValidating - whether or not to validate XML

transformXML

public java.lang.String transformXML(java.lang.String xml)
                              throws LatkaException

Transform the XML generated by the XMLReporter using the default stylesheet.

Parameters:

xml - XML generated by XMLReporter

Returns:

transformed report

Throws:

LatkaException - if the XML could not be transformed