Simple Test Framework

How to implement support for a new Simple Test?

• A framework to perform simple tests on physical resource are provided. Current implementations provides the following exemplary tests
• Host Reachability Test
• DNS lookup Test
• Port Scan Test

UI Components

Each of the tests will have their own GUI, but they will be activated through the context menu from physical resources in the Grid Project view.

The context menu with the simple tests

Important Extension points

Core extension point

eu.geclipse.core.simpleTests

Provides a scheme for defining new test (non GUI part) by descriptor, id, and name

UI extension point

eu.geclipse.ui.simpleTestUI

Provides a scheme for defining new test (the GUI part) by id, name, and class.

Interfaces to implement

eu.geclipse.core.simpleTest.ISimpleTest

Implement this to represent your test.

eu.geclipse.core.simpleTest.ISimpleTestDescription

Implement this in order to hold all parameters that are needed to create a test.

eu.geclipse.ui.ISimpleTestUIFactory

Implement this to represent the GUI for your test.

Base classes that can be extended

eu.geclipse.ui.AbstractSimpleTestUIFactory

A base class that can be extended for the UI factory of your test.