Advanced Features

In this chapter we describe some advanced features.

Testing Framework

We provide some utility classes for testing EMF Parsley components in the feature "Emf Parsley Junit4 Support". By deriving from one of the abstract classes in our testing bundle, you will be able to write tests that are meant to be run as Junit test, that is to say, NOT as Plug-in Junit tests. Thus, you will not need a running Eclipse product to execute such tests: they will be much faster. Indeed, many parts of Parsley can be tested even without a running Eclipse.

• AbstractEmfParsleyTest (src): this provides a few utility methods, e.g., for creating an Injector.
• AbstractEmfParsleyShellBasedTest (src): this allows to run Junit tests that require a Display and a Shell.
• AbstractEmfParsleyControlBasedTest (src): an extension of the previous class for tests that also require databinding capabilities, e.g., tests for Control elements; this provides many assert methods for several kinds of controls, such as assertCheckbox, assertCombo, etc.

We use these classes for testing most of our classes; you might want to have a look at the project org.eclipse.emf.parsley.tests for some usage examples.