JUnits 4, 5 and Contextual Components
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JUnits 4, 5 and Contextual Components

By September 16, 2019June 29th, 2022No Comments

JUnit5 vs JUnit4

JUnit5 is a successor of the JUnit4 testing framework. JUnit5 introduces some notable new features:

  • Changes to annotations (JUnit4 -> JUnit5):
@BeforeClass -> @BeforeAll @Before -> @BeforeEach 

@AfterClass -> @AfterAll @After -> @AfterEach 

@Ignore -> @Disable

 

  • Tags for tagging and filtering via @Tag  annotation
  • Parameterized tests with @ParameterizedTest  annotation and a arguments source (@ValueSource , @CSVFileSource , @MethodSource , @EnumSource )
@ParameterizedTest 
@ValueSource(strings = { "Hello", "World" }) 
void test(String argument) {
      assertNotNull(argument); 
}

 

  • Repeated tests with @RepeatedTest  annotation
  • Dynamic tests – Tests generated via the factory method annotated with @TestFactory
@TestFactory 
Collection<DynamicTest> testFactory() {
    return Arrays.asList(
       dynamicTest("Test #1", () -> assertTrue(true)),
       dynamicTest("Test #2", () -> assertEquals(4, 2 * 2))
    ); 
}

 

Contextual Components

When using component-based architecture in the frontend, contextual components are wrapper components. They can act either as presentational or container components with an extended capability of passing a data up via yield functionality. One example, in Ember, would be a checkbox list:

// components/ui-checkbox-list.hbs (component template)
{{#each items as |item|}}
   {{yield item}}
{{/each}}

 

// Usage in other parts of the application

{{ui-checkbox-list items=_checkboxItems as |item|}}
{{ui-checkbox-item item=item}}
{{/ui-checkbox-list}}

 

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