If the message gets displayed, and you know it's because the code
'displayMessage()' on line N displayed it, it's probably a safe bet
that the code on line N+1 executed...

-Mike

On 4/10/06, Dan Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No no. Okay lets say I have some code in the page that does this:
>
> displayMessage();
> sendEmail();
>
> How do you write a unit test that makes sure that the page actually
> calls the second line? You could take it out and still have the tests
> pass.
>
> I found a lightweight email server at
> http://www.ericdaugherty.com/java/mailserver that looks like it could
> use that.
>
> On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 10:52 -0400, James Carman wrote:
> > You don't typically unit test a mail server.  That's a
> > deployment/configuration issue.  If you're using JavaMail or Jakarta Commons
> > Email to send your emails, you can be pretty sure that the emails will go
> > out if your mail server is available and configured properly.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 10:50 AM
> > To: Tapestry users
> > Subject: Re: [OT] test case for pages that email
> >
> > Well, my page is going to display a message to the user letting them
> > know but that doesn't ACTUALLY mean that the email was sent or the
> > service was called. The way I have to do it right now is by having the
> > email sent to me and checking my email manually. I would love to have it
> > all automated though.
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 10:45 -0400, Mike Snare wrote:
> > > Well, wouldn't you want to indicate to the user that the send was
> > > successful or not?  If so, you could just look for that.  I know you
> > > said that the submission doesn't affect the page but don't you want to
> > > let the user know it worked?
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > > On 4/10/06, Dan Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Okay, I have a page that, when submitted, sends an email. Now the page
> > > > uses a service via interface that actually does the emailing and that
> > > > service is tested separately. But how can I write a test that makes sure
> > > > that my page actually calls that service and that the email gets sent
> > > > since that doesn't effect the page in any way that i can test for using
> > > > htmlunit? Does anyone know of a lightweight mail server analogous to
> > > > jetty/hsqldb that i could use for testing?
> > > >
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> > > > Software Engineer
> > > > Interactive Factory
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