Well everyone has an opinion so here mine: I want to unit test my Struts actions in the full Struts context which includes the interceptor stack and validation. This way I know my actions and results are configured correctly since I test them. I also know my declarative validations are working correctly. I use junit and I really don't want or have time to have to learn another test tool for integration testing.
So to do this type of testing I wrote a StrutsTestContext class to run my actions. For full info see: http://glindholm.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/unit-testing-struts-2-actions/ I don't use Spring so this class would need to be tweaked for Spring but you are welcome to use this as a starting point. This gives me a lot of flexibility for testing, sometimes I test against an actual database (with hibernate) and sometimes I mock the services that the actions use. On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Dimitrios Christodoulakis < dimi....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I was hoping to hear the community's views about unit testing a > Struts2 application which is integrated with Spring and Hibernate. My > plan is to unit test the actions with the framework's interceptors > running, rather than each action class in a stand-alone isolated > fashion. > > What approach do you usually follow? A highly regarded article: > > http://depressedprogrammer.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/unit-testing-struts-2-actions-spring-junit/ > provides some useful hints and starting points. > > I would like to use Junit 4 with Ant for this. Are there any other > resources, or documented steps to take as far as you know, or > recommend? > > I found quite a few bits and pieces searching online, but would > appreciate any general guidance or advice on how to begin with this. > > Many thanks and regards. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > >
