"Otherwise it'll be difficult to write unit test cases." Having to pull in dependency injection framework to make unit testing easier is generally a sign of code design issue.
With constructor injection & other techniques, there is more than enough to unit test your code without having to pull external libs On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Jason Brown <jasedbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> do we have plan to integrate with a dependency injection framework? > > No, we (the maintainers) have been pretty much against more frameworks due > to performance reasons, overhead, and dependency management problems. > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Qingcun Zhou <zhouqing...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Since we're here, do we have plan to integrate with a dependency > injection > > framework like Dagger2? Otherwise it'll be difficult to write unit test > > cases. > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Jeff Jirsa <jji...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2017-03-16 10:32 (-0700), François Deliège < > franc...@instagram.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > To get this started, here is an initial proposal: > > > > > > > > > > Principles: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Tests always pass. This is the starting point. If we don't care > > > > about test failures, then we should stop writing tests. A recurring > > > failing > > > > test carries no signal and is better deleted. > > > > > 2. The code is tested. > > > > > > > > > > Assuming we can align on these principles, here is a proposal for > > their > > > > implementation. > > > > > > > > > > Rules: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Each new release passes all tests (no flakinesss). > > > > > 2. If a patch has a failing test (test touching the same code > path), > > > the > > > > code or test should be fixed prior to being accepted. > > > > > 3. Bugs fixes should have one test that fails prior to the fix and > > > > passes after fix. > > > > > 4. New code should have at least 90% test coverage. > > > > > > > > > First I was > > > > I agree with all of these and hope they become codified and > followed. I > > > > don't know anyone who believes we should be committing code that > breaks > > > > tests - but we should be more strict with requiring green test runs, > > and > > > > perhaps more strict with reverting patches that break tests (or cause > > > them > > > > to be flakey). > > > > > > > > Ed also noted on the user list [0] that certain sections of the code > > > > itself are difficult to test because of singletons - I agree with the > > > > suggestion that it's time to revisit CASSANDRA-7837 and > CASSANDRA-10283 > > > > > > > > Finally, we should also recall Jason's previous notes [1] that the > > actual > > > > test infrastructure available is limited - the system provided by > > > Datastax > > > > is not generally open to everyone (and not guaranteed to be > permanent), > > > and > > > > the infrastructure currently available to the ASF is somewhat limited > > > (much > > > > slower, at the very least). If we require tests passing (and I agree > > that > > > > we should), we need to define how we're going to be testing (or how > > we're > > > > going to be sharing test results), because the ASF hardware isn't > going > > > to > > > > be able to do dozens of dev branch dtest runs per day in its current > > > form. > > > > > > > > 0: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ > f6f3fc6d0ad1bd54a6185ce7bd7a2f > > > > 6f09759a02352ffc05df92eef6@%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E > > > > 1: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ > 5fb8f0446ab97644100e4ef987f36e > > > > 07f44e8dd6d38f5dc81ecb3cdd@%3Cdev.cassandra.apache.org%3E > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ed also noted on the user list [0] that certain sections of the code > > itself > > > are difficult to test because of singletons - I agree with the > suggestion > > > that it's time to revisit CASSANDRA-7837 and CASSANDRA-10283 > > > > > > Thanks for the shout out! > > > > > > I was just looking at a patch about compaction. The patch was to > > calculate > > > free space correctly in case X. Compaction is not something that > requires > > > multiple nodes to test. The logic on the surface seems simple: find > > tables > > > of similar size and select them and merge them. The reality is it turns > > out > > > now to be that way. The coverage itself both branch and line may be > very > > > high, but what the code does not do is directly account for a wide > > variety > > > of scenarios. Without direct tests you end up with a mental > approximation > > > of what it does and that varies from person to person and accounts for > > the > > > cases that fit in your mind. For example, you personally are only > running > > > LevelDB inspired compaction. > > > > > > Being that this this is not a multi-node problem you should be able to > re > > > factor this heavily. Pulling everything out to a static method where > all > > > the parameters are arguments, or inject a lot of mocks in the current > > code, > > > and develop some scenario based coverage. > > > > > > That is how i typically "rescue" code I take over. I look at the > > nightmare > > > and say, "damn i am really afraid to touch this". I construct 8 > scenarios > > > that test green. Then I force some testing into it through careful re > > > factoring. Now, I probably know -something- about it. Now, you are > fairly > > > free to do a wide ranging refactor, because you at least counted for 8 > > > scenarios and you put unit test traps so that some rules are enforced. > > (Or > > > the person changing the code has to actively REMOVE your tests > asserting > > it > > > was not or no longer is valid). Later on you (or someone else) > __STILL__ > > > might screw the entire thing up, but at least you can now build > forward. > > > > > > Anyway that patch on compaction was great and I am sure it improved > > things. > > > That being said it did not add any tests :). So it can easily be undone > > by > > > the next person who does not understand the specific issue trying to be > > > addressed. Inline comments almost scream to me 'we need a test' not > > > everyone believes that. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thank you & Best Regards, > > --Simon (Qingcun) Zhou > > >
