SoftwareTesting:Tools:Simple xpcshell test harness

• See bug 322894 for more info.
• Some documentation is available on MDC: mdc:Writing xpcshell-based unit tests.
• checked in to trunk 27-jan-2006

Tasks

• Put common elements of necko and content test harness files in to one directory
• modify existing test cases to use common files
• write one simple test case using common harness
• search for test case ideas
  • bugs found by smoketest
  • test cases written by timeless
  • other non-security test cases in bugzilla
  • ask module owners for ideas for tests
  • ask release folks for ideas for tests

Description of new test file layout

• module/test/
  • Makefile.in - like tools/test-harness/xpcshell-simple/example/Makefile.in
  • unit/ - files will be installed in dist/bin/module_name/
    • head_*.js - code to run before the test(s)
    • tail_*.js - code to run after the test(s)
    • test_*.js - test code

• test_all.sh installed in dist/bin
• head.js and tail.js installed in dist/bin/test-harness/xpcshell-simple/

• log files end up in dist/bin/module_name/

Info needed

• build system (makefile-fu) to check out tools/test-harness/xpcshell-simple with current projects
• build system (makefile-fo) to install test_all.sh in dist/bin, head.js and tail.js in dist/bin/test-harness/xpcshell-simple/