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APPENDIX
G
Unit unit-testing tools
In this appendix, we give a brief outline of the main features of BlueJ's support for JUnit-style
unit testing. More details can be found in the testing tutorial that is available from the topic's
CD and the BlueJ web site.
G.1
Enabling unit-testing functionality
In order to enable the unit-testing functionality of BlueJ, it is necessary to ensure that the Show
unit testing tools box is ticked under the Tools-Preferences-Miscellaneous menu. The main
BlueJ window will then contain a number of extra buttons that are active when a project is open.
G.2
Creating a test class
A test class is created by right-clicking a class in the class diagram and choosing Create Test
Class . The name of the test class is determined automatically by adding Test as a suffix to the
name of the associated class. Alternatively, a test class may be created by selecting the New
Class … button and choosing Unit Test for the class type. In this case, you have a free choice
over its name.
Test classes are annotated with <<unit test>> in the class diagram, and they have a color
distinct from ordinary classes.
G.3
Creating a test method
Test methods can be created interactively. A sequence of user interactions with the class dia-
gram and object bench are recorded and then captured as a sequence of Java statements and
declarations in a method of the test class. Start recording by selecting Create Test Method from
the pop-up menu associated with a test class. You will be prompted for the name of the new
method. Earlier versions of JUnit, up to version 3, required the method names to start with the
prefix “test”. This is not a requirement in current versions. The recording symbol to the left of
the class diagram will then be colored red, and the End and Cancel buttons become available.
Once recording has started, any object creations or method calls will form part of the code of
the method being created. Select End to complete the recording and capture the test, or select
Cancel to discard the recording, leaving the test class unchanged.
Test methods have the annotation @Test in the source of the test class.
 
 
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