Since the conversion is ongoing the current JUnit state is not represented in this file, sections 1 onwards apply to running tests using the old harness which still applies to a significant number of tests. Currently to run the complete set of tests two runs are required, run the harness based tests decribed in this document and then running all the JUnit bases tests.
How to run the JUnit based tests is currently being maintained
on Derby's wiki at:
http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/DerbyJUnitTesting
The wiki also includes information about writing new JUnit tests
and conversion of existing tests.
This document describes functionality of the derby functional testing package org.apache.derbyTesting. This package is based on the functional tests in use at IBM for testing the Cloudscape product before its contribution to ASF.
In the following, instructions are geared towards a unix environment. For other environments, some details may need to be adjusted. For instance, the document may refer to $ANT_HOME, for DOS, this would be %ANT_HOME%.
In the following the top directory under which the subversion tree is placed is referred to as ${derby.source} - see also the derby BUILDING.html.
The version of the classes and supporting files of the derbyTesting package have to match the version of the classes of the derby package. Thus you either need to build all jars yourself, or get all jar files from the Derby site at the same time when available.
The derbyTesting package enables you to run 1 test or a suite of tests. Before you can run, you need to setup your environment:
Obtain a jdk or jre (based on jdk 1.4 specification or higher). Add the bin directory to your $PATH. Currently supported with regards to the tests are:
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jdk141 - Sun HotSpot jdk1.4.1 |
cd into a directory that does not have any colons or spaces in it.
set $CLASSPATH to include the following jars:
jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar oromatcher, obtain from the svn source tree, or from http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/index.html, or follow this link for zip file, or tar.gz)
derbyTesting.jar
test files and
classes
derby.jar
main derby package
classes
derbytools.jar
derby tools classes
for tools like ij and dblook
derbyrun.jar
executable jar file
for tools like ij and dblook
derbynet.jar
derby network server
classes
derbyclient.jar
derby client classes
db2jcc.jar and
db2jcc_license_c.jar
IBM Universal JDBC Driver classes. (See IBM developerworks
for download)
These jars are optional. The tests using the IBM Universal
JDBC driver are not run if these jar files are not present in your
classpath
derbyLocale_*.jar
locale files holding translated
messages.
junit.jar
assertion-based test machinery.
For example:
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(note that $jardir is only a convenience
variable and that the set CLASSPATH command below has carriage returns
for formatting reasons): |
To run 1 test:
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syntax:
examples: |
A successful run will have a .pass file, and the output to the console will show no difference between expected and actual test result. A failed test run will have at least a .fail file and the output to the console will show the difference between expected and actual result.
To run a suite:
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syntax:
for example for running the suite
derbylang: |
Each suite run should be started in a clean directory. The test output directory will not be emptied out before testing is begun, although individual test files and result files will be cleaned out and overwritten.
To run a suite with J2ME/CDC/Foundation:
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(note that the command below has carriage
returns for formatting reasons):
for example for running the suite
derbyall: |
The suites provided are:
derbylang:
basic functionality of language implementation in derby.
Mostly .sql type tests.
tested on a variety of hardware takes from 1.15m to 2.00 hours
derbynetclientmats
basic network server tests using the derby client
variety of tests, including some from derbylang suite
tested on a variety of hardware takes from 15 to 30 minutes
derbynetmats
basic network server tests using the IBM Universal JDBC driver
variety of tests, including some from derbylang suite
tested on a variety of hardware takes from 15 to 30 minutes
derbynetautostart
tests network server functionality without requiring network server framework
propertyinfo
runs test to get property information
storeall
tests for storage area
includes:
storemats: most basic quick verification tests.
storemore: more extensive storage tests
storetests: set of store tests grouped together because they do not each need to create a new database
tested on a variety of hardware takes from 25 to 50 minutes
xa
tests the xa implementation. There is both a storage and language element to these tests
tested on a variety of hardware takes from 2 to 4 minutes
storeunit
tests store-related unit tests. Runs from 8 to 15 minutes
unit
tests 4 general functionality unit tests. runs from 5 to 10 minutes
jdbcapi
tests implementation of jdbc api such as Connection class implementation, Metadata etc.
takes from 20 to 40 minutes
jdbc20
tests implementation of features from the jdbc 20 specification
takes 2 to 5 minutes
jdbc4
tests implementation of jdbc 4.0
jdk14
tests implementation of features from the jdk14 specification
takes 2 to 5 minutes
demo, simpledemo
tests the SimpleApp example
simpledemo runs SimpleApp itself - and thus has a different default resource package name (namely, no package) than all the other tests. Hence it needed its own suite.properties file.
takes 30 to 1 minute
nist
test obtained from the NIST SQL suite v 6.0
takes 5 to 10 minutes
encryptionAll
takes 30 to 55 minutes
runs a few encryption tests plus the following encryption tests suites
encryption
runs the storemats, sysinfo and multi suites in encryption scheme DESede
takes 25 to 40 minutes
encryptionAES - tests AES encryption scheme
encryptionBlowfish - tests Blowfish encryption scheme
encryptionCFB - tests CFB encryption scheme
encryptionDES - tests DES encryption scheme
encryptionECB - tests ECB encryption scheme
encryptionOFB - tests OFB encryption scheme
multi
runs a simple test case with 10 threads
runs for 10 minutes, then shuts down all threads
derbytools
tests for dblook, ij, and import/export utilities
takes 5 to 10 minutes
i18nTest
tests that characters outside simple ascii scope do not result in errors.
takes 5 to 10 minutes
encodingTests
runs tests with derbyTesting=UTF-16.
takes 2 to 5 minutes
derbyall
contains all suites typically run by all developers
tested on a variety of hardware takes from 3.00 - 6.00 hours
largeData
Contains tests that deal with large amounts of data and thus require more machine resources. This suite is NOT run as part of 'derbyall' because the tests it contains require either 1) more machine resources than what the typical Derby developer might have, and/or 2) a significant amount of time to run, and thus shouldn't be run every night.
As tests are added to this quite, it could require more and more time to run (several minutes to several hours to several days), which is why it is NOT included as part of the derbyall suite. Currently the largedata/LobLimits.java test takes about 17Gb of disk space. On a linux machine with 2.8Ghz Intel Xeon CPU, 4Gb RAM , Linux machine and IBM 1.4.2 JVM with default memory heap size, the test ran for about 4.5 hrs. If the test is successful, it will cleanup the database and other files.
A successful run with all tests passing will have no *.fail files created, the <testsuite>_fail.txt file will be empty, and the <testsuite>_report.txt file will show no failures in the Summary results section.
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-------snippet from derbylang_report.txt ----- |
To build the derbyTesting package:
follow all the steps in the derby BUILDING.html.
This is some typical output for the ant build process.
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> cd /local/derby/java/testing |
Building using the ant all target places all files, that is, classes, but also supporting files such as expected output (*.out), sql test files (*.sql), properties files and any data files used in individual tests into the classes directory so they can all be found using the CLASSPATH.
Once you have built the derbyTesting package, you can make a derbyTesting.jar using the jar build target at the ${derby.source}level.
This will look something like:
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c:> ant derbytestingjar |
The functional tests are run using a class called 'RunTest'. This class calls a number of other classes. A group of tests, called a 'suite' is executed using a class called 'RunSuite'.
See section 2.1 for the basic steps to run 1 test.
To pass on system level properties to the test harness, use the test harness property -DtestSpecialProps. For example, to ensure extra information is appended to the log:
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java -Dframework=DerbyNetClient -DtestSpecialProps=derby.infolog.append=true org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.RunTest lang/supersimple.sql |
Tests will be executed in the current directory. When running
a test using the network server and derby client, i.e.
-Dframework=DerbyNetClient, the test will run in a subdirectory
(automatically created) 'DerbyNetClient'.
The test will normally create the following:
a database. The default name is 'wombat'. However, the name may be different depending on certain properties passed in to the test harness.
a .out file: the final result file
a .tmp file; the initial result file, before any modification to prevent irrelevant differences has been applied (before 'masking').
a .diff file; the differences between the .out and the master file with expected output it is compared to.
a .pass or .fail file. This file lists the test if it passes under .pass, and under .fail if the output in .out is different from the expected output in the master.
.tmpmstr file. This file is a copy of the master file created in local encoding, and in the case of networkserver, massaged to eliminate irrelevant differences. This is the file the .out file is compared with.
possibly created:
additional files used in a specific test may get copied over to the test directory. These normally do not get cleaned up.
.err and .out files in network server database files for any additional error output.
one or more database directories
.utf8out file - see section on Encoding
Issues.
When the test is successful, cleanup will occur unless the test
harness property -Dkeepfiles=true is used. Cleanup will attempt to
cleanup all files except for .pass.
See
Note2.
A successful run (this example is from a dos environment) would look for instance like:
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c:>
derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.RunTest lang/supersimple.sql |
A Test Failure shows the diff, creates a .fail file, does not create a .pass file, and does not cleanup any files upon completion. The output might look like this:
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c:>
derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.RunTest lang/supersimple.sql |
See section 2.1 for a basic explanation on how to run a suite of tests.
Tests will be run in a subdirectory with the name of the test suite under the current directory. Eg. for derbylang suite, a directory derbylang will be created. While the tests are run, information about the run is inserted into a <testsuite>.sum file. When all tests have completed summary files are created <testsuite>_pass.txt, _fail.txt, and _diff.txt files are created as well as a <testsuite>_report.txt with additional details. Some of the information is duplicate. Also, a .skip file will be created holding a list of the tests that were skipped (for more details on this, see the section on skipping tests).
RunSuite does not empty the top level directory before running. Thus, if another suite was run in the same directory at an earlier time, the resulting summary files might contain results for more than the current run. Therefore it is important to run each suite in a clean directory.
Sample output from RunSuite:
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c:> $ java
org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.RunSuite derbylang |
This output does not show whether the tests passed or failed. The Summary section in <testsuite>_report.txt shows the statistics of the passed vs. failed tests, the summary <testsuite>_*.txt files list the tests that passed and failed.
The following is intended for people who have the subversion tree available and want to add or modify tests.
The test harness executing one test basically does the following in sequence:
identify test to run
identify properties to run with
copy needed support files
find the expected output
if network server, start network server
run the test, creating the database
if network server, shutdown the server
modify the output based on Sed class and _sed.properties file for the test
compare expected output with actual output
if pass, cleanup.
The test harness recognizes, or will recognize tests with the following extensions:
.java tests that run in a separate jvm.
.sql tests that run using ij
.sql2 related to .sql
.multi multi threaded tests. There is currently only 1 test being run. The multi test functions a little differently from .java and .sql* tests in that RunTest starts a separate harness class called MultiTest to control the details of the run. Also, the actual test files live under org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/multi/stress, rather than org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/tests.
.unit unit tests. The unit tests actually refer to <testname>_derby.properties files under org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/tests/unit that activate the actual unit test harness and tests under org/apache/derbyTesting/unitTests. These tests test more underlying functionality than the (rest of the) functionTests, which are more geared toward how end-users might use functionality.
.junit junit tests. These require
junit.jar to run and are actually run with junit.textui.TestRunner. The
actual tests are .java files.
Various additional files may be used by a test, for instance, to
create large data values, to test using of jar files and the like.
Any files that need to be accessed by a particular test that are not
accessed from the classpath need to be listed under supportfiles= in
the <testname>_app.properties file.
Tests can refer to
classes without being in the classpath, and sql tests can use the ij
command 'run resource ' to execute additional .sql files without
changes to the _app.properties files.
For example, in the file
(org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/tests/)tools/dblook_test_app.properties:
supportfiles=tools/dblook_makeDB.sql,tools/dblook_test.jar
To support running on non-ISO-8859 systems, the harness copies files ending in sql, .view, .multi, .properties, .txt and .policy into local encoding; all other files are copied into UTF-8 encoding.
Every test directory has a default_app.properties. This file is for system level properties generic to all the tests in that test directory.
If a test requires different system level properties, a test specific properties file can be created to overwrite the defaults. The test specific properties file needs to have a name starting with the test file name, followed with _app.properties
For example, for the test tools/dblook_test.java, there is a properties file called tools/dblook_test_app.properties
Every test directory has a default_derby.properties. This file is
for derby specific properties common to all the tests in that test
directory.
If a test requires different derby properties, a test
specific properties file can be created to overwrite the defaults.
The test specific properties file needs to have a name starting with
the test file name, followed with _derby.properties
The test's output will be put into a file testname.tmp. Then the
output is modified if masking is required and the result is put into
a .out file.
The expected output is found by examining the
following directories, based on certain input
functionTests/master/framework/jcc_version/jvmcode
functionTests/master/framework/jcc_version/earlier_jvmcode
functionTests/master/framework/jcc_version
functionTests/master/framework/jvmcode
functionTests/master/framework/earlier_jvmcode
functionTests/master/jvmcode
functionTests/master
For example, if we are running a test and the flag -Dframework=DerbyNet is used, to use network server and the IBM Universal JDBC Driver ('jcc'), and the jvm we are using is Sun's jdk 142, and the jcc version is 2.4 (not available at time of writing) then the search for the master to compare with starts in the functionTests/derbynet/jcc2.4/jdk14 directory. If a .out file with the same name as the test is found in that directory, that master is taken. If there is no such file in that directory, search continues in the directory functionTests/derbynet/jcc2.4/jdk14 if it exists.
If there is no file there, nor for any other jcc directory, it
will continue to derbynet/jdk14, and the search is continued for
earlier jvm versions.
If we are not running network server, the
DerbyNet and jcc_version directories are not traversed.
The version details do not go into the subversion level, i.e. running with jdk141 or jdk142 is expected to have the same behavior.
This functionality supports dealing with minor differences in behavior caused by minor differences in behavior in the underlying jvms, jcc versions, differences between results returned through network server vs. embedded and minor differences between a debug and non debug (jar) build.
However, having a large number of these files means a maintenance problem. Every time test output changes due to modifications to derby or to the test, all output files in all directories need to be updated accordingly. If at all possible, irrelevant differences should be masked out, or the test should be written so that the output does not reflect such items.
Suggestions to minimize canons:
create test specific masking
ensure test data has a specific correct returned order; or an order by should be added to a query
when writing java tests, ensure only pertinent output is reflected.
Tests often fail because of unimportant differences, such as process ids, statement ids, timestamps. The derby functional test harness provides for masking of these differences at 2 levels:
overall level. Masking required in all, or many tests can be achieved using the class Sed in the test harness directory. This class can either delete a reference present in the .tmp file from the .out file, or replace it with a generic string.
test specific level. To make masking for only one test, a (testname)_sed.properties file can be created which allows to either remove a string from the output or to replace it.
The diff is executed between the final resulting output and the master file found copied into local encoding as .tmpmstr.
To add a new test:
create the test file (e.g. newfunctest.java or newfunctest.sql) in the appropriate tests subdirectory
list any files needed that are not .sql or .java files in a supportfiles entry in a test specific _app.properties file. e.g. newfunctest_app.properties: supportfiles=xyz.jar
list any specific derby properties in a test specific _derby.properties file.
add the properties files to the copyfiles.ant file in the test specific directory
run the test. The first time around, the test will fail because no master file will be found.
if the output is correct, copy it to
the master directory. If you are running the test on a non-ISO8859
encoded system, run the test with -DgenerateUTF8Out=true. This will
create a .utf8out file in fixed UTF-8 encoding - use that file to copy
into svn.
Build. This will copy the newly created master into a matching directory structure in the classes directory and, when building jars, the master files will be included in the derbyTesting.jar, so it can be found by the harness at run time. Note that there is no copyfiles.ant file needed for the master directory, all .out files are automatically copied to the classes directory on build.
run the test again. Investigate if any differences need to be masked out using a test specific sed.properties file (e.g. newfunctest_sed.properties). If so, ensure this is added to copyfiles.ant.
ensure the test cleans up any testobjects created. This is important for running the tests in suites with a remote server, or with useprocess=false, because in those cases, tests run against databases in the same directory. Even if you do not anticipate your test to run in those configurations, it makes good practice. You may also want to protect your test from other tests leaving things behind by removing them before running also. The class org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.util.TestUtil has a cleanUpTest method that may be useful.
ensure that connections can be made with all supported jvms. This includes the J2ME/CDC/JSR169 configuration, which only has java.sql.Datasource available, no java.sql.DriverManager. One can use the method ij.startJBMS() to get an appropriate connection, or TestUtil.getConnection() if one needs to specify connection properties different from what is defined in the <test>_app.properties file. For instance, to shutdown a database one can use:
TestUtil.getConnection("wombat","shutdown=true");
ensure that the test does not cause any problems on non-ISO-8859 systems. See section 4.15.
ensure the test does not have hard coded 'localhost' for network connections. Instead, use the method TestUtil.getHostName() to find if a hostName was specified for remote server testing.
add the test to a specific suites/*.xml file, maintaining proper xml syntax.
run the suite, and correct any problems found.
A suite constitutes of a <suitename>.properties file and/or a <suitename>.runall file in the org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/suites directory. The .properties files hold references to other .properties files, or .runall files, the .runall files are the actual lists of tests.
The lowest level suite always needs to have a .runall file.
For example, the derbyall suite is only a derbyall.properties file that refers to other suites in the 'suites' property:
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-----------------------derbyall.properties--------------- |
The derbylang suite is only a derbylang.runall, which lists the tests. The derbynetclientmats suite has both a .runall and a .properties file, so some additional properties can be specified that are true for all tests in that suite.
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------------------derbynetclientmats.properties----------------- |
To add a suite, you need to create at least a <suite>.runall file, which lists the actual tests, or a properties file that refers to other suites that do have a .runall file. The suite should be added into the directory ${derby.source}/java/testing/org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/suites.
Currently, the supported jvms are:
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jdk141 - Sun HotSpot jdk1.4.1 -
class jdk14 |
The classes above are subclasses of org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.jvm. The name at the front is just a convention.
To run a test with a jvm that does not have a matching class under org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness, do the following:
just run the tests as if there is a jvm class. The harness will default to using the jdk16 class. Unlikely, but possibly there are no differences
if there are failures showing that cannot be explained any other way but genuine, acceptable jvm differences, do the following:
create a subclass of org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.jvm. In this class, specify any jvm specific property settings required
compile the new jvm class and run the tests
create a new canon directory for any additional canons that need to be created.
in rare occasions, other harness changes may be required
for any tests that should not run with this environment, add a line in the testname_app.properties file indicating this. For instance to add a line for a jvm called jdk29, it would be like this: runwithjdk29=false. Note that the versioning does not currently extend past 2 digits. For j9 jvms, versioning does not apply currently. For all j9 versions, use runwithj9=false. For j9_foundation*, use runwithfoundation=false.
Add code in RunTest.java to switch to the new jvm based on values for system and vendor properties
There are 2 skipping mechanisms in place for different kinds of skipping of a test.
Some tests are written to test specific functionality only
available with for instance certain jvms, or, with network server,
certain versions of the IBM Universal Driver. To control this,
properties can be set for each test, for instance, if a test should
not be run when using an ibm jvm, set runwithibmjvm=false. If a test
should be run with Sun Hotspot jvm version 14, then set
runwithjdk14=true.
The skip setting does not go into the
subversion level, i.e. setting runwithjdk141=false has no effect, and
setting runwithjdk14 affects runs with jdk141 as well as
jdk142.
Other skip reasons are encryption protocols specific to a
certain jvm.
The property for skipping a test based on the version of the IBM Universal Driver is "excludeJCC". The keywords "at-or-before" and "at-or-after" can be used to specify which range of JCC versions should be excluded. If neither of these keywords is provided, the default is "at-or-before". For example:
To skip a test when running with any version of the IBM Universal
Driver that is 2.4 or earlier:
excludeJCC=at-or-before:2.4
To
skip a test when running with any version of the IBM Universal Driver
that is 2.0 or later:
excludeJCC=at-or-after:2.0
You can also specify an (optional) jvm clause to further tune the exclusion criteria. This clause starts with the ",when" tag and is followed by a three-part jvm version. In this case, a test will only be skipped if BOTH the JCC clause AND the jvm clause are true. For example:
To skip a test when running with any version of the IBM Universal
Driver that is 2.4 or later, but ONLY if the jvm is 1.3 or
earlier:
excludeJCC=at-or-after:2.4,when-at-or-before:jdk1.3.1
To skip a test when running with any version of the IBM Universal
Driver that is 2.0 or earlier, but ONLY if the jvm is 1.5 or
later:
excludeJCC=at-or-before:2.0,when-at-or-after:jdk1.5.1
Another skipping mechanism works on entire 'frameworks'. Currently there are only 3 supported in the harness, embedded, network server with the derbyclient driver ('DerbyNetClient') and network server with the IBM Universal JDBC Driver ('DerbyNet'). In the suites directory there are .exclude files for each of the frameworks - if for some reason an exclude file were not there, you would see a warning message show up for every test run. In this 'framework'.exclude file tests can be placed that for some reason need to be excluded from running with that framework. This mechanism enables adding of suites to a framework run even if a few of the tests are not appropriate for that particular framework.
Note that at this time, only skipped suites show up in the .skip result file. This still needs to be corrected.
Currently, there are two frameworks used for network
server, DerbyNetClient, which uses the derby Client driver, and
DerbyNet, which uses the IBM Universal JDBC Driver.
Setting the
framework property will invoke the test harness class NetServer which
has the actual configuration (driver name, portnumber etc.) used for
the individual frameworks. See
Note3.
Setting this framework also causes the search
for expected output to include appropriate DerbyNetClient or
DerbyNet and jcc version specific subdirectories under the master
directory.
For a complete set, refer to comments in RunTest.java, but here are some valuable test properties which can be passed to the RunTest class:
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By default the tests install the standard Java SecurityManager
using the system property java.security.manager and use a policy file
derby_tests.policy. The default file is sourced
at
${derby.source}/java/testing/org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/util/derby_tests.policy
During a test run this policy file is copied into ${user.dir} and
used from there.
Optionally a test-specific or suite-specific policy file may be
appended or used instead. The name of the policy file remains
derby_tests.policy.
A test_specific policy file has the same name as the test, has
extension .policy, and is located in the same location as the test. For
instance,
${derby.source}/java/testing/org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/tests/lang/errorStream.policy
is the test-specific policy file for the test errorStream.java. A
suite-specific policy file has the same name as the suite, has
extension .policy, and is located in the
${derby.source}/java/testing/org/apache/derbyTesting/functionTests/suites
directory.
By default, a test-specific and/or suite-specific policy file is
appended to the default policy file (derby_tests.policy). However, if a
test's _app.properties or suite's .properties file contains the
property derbyTesting.replacePolicyFile=true, then the file
derby_tests.policy will be overwritten with the contents of the test-
or suite-specific policy file.
There are two environments for the installation of the SecurityManager.
Server JVM for the network client tests. Always uses a SecurityManager.
Client side JVM, this is the JVM executing the JDBC calls against any Derby driver. Installs a SecurityManager unless:
noSecurityManager=true in the test's _app.properties file.Used to disable individual tests that cannot run under the security manager, or if the test has a functional requirement not to run with the SecurityManager. Ideally, few tests will have this property set. Any disabling of the SecurityManager for a test requires a comment in the test's _app.properties file indicating why the test cannot run under the SecurityManager.
Client JDBC driver is DB2's Universal driver for JDBC. Currently does not install a SecurityManager, no technical reasons, just has not been done.
| java -Djava.security.manager
-Djava.security.policy=copied_derby_tests.policy
-DderbyTesting.codeclasses=file:/derby/classes/
-DderbyTesting.codedir=/derby/classes
-DderbyTesting.serverhost=localhost
-DderbyTesting.clienthost=clientIPaddress
-DderbyTesting.codejar=file://unused/
org.apache.derby.drda.NetworkServerControl -h 0.0.0.0 start where /derbyt/classes is the directory where the classes can be found, and clientIPaddress is your client machine's IP address or name. In this example, derby.system.home is in the directory where Network Server is started, and the derby_tests.policy file is in that directory too. |
| java
-Dderby.system.home=/home/derbytst/ns -Djava.security.manager
-Djava.security.policy=/home/derbytst/ns/copied_derby_tests.policy
-DderbyTesting.clienthost=clientIPaddress
-DderbyTesting.codejar=file:/derby/tstbld/
-DderbyTesting.codedir=/derby/tstbld
-DderbyTesting.serverhost=localhost
-DderbyTesting.codeclasses=file://unused/
org.apache.derby.drda.NetworkServerControl -h 0.0.0.0 start where /derbyt/tstbld is the directory where derbynet.jar is found and derby.system.home points to the directory where your derby.properties are and where you want to have derby.log and any databases go, and clientIPaddress is your client machine's IP address or name. |
| java
-DhostName=favorite.remotehost.com
org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.RunSuite
derbynetclientmats where favorite.remotehost.com is the host name or ip address. |
| static
void teardown() throws SQLException { Statement stmt = conn.createStatement(); String[] testObjects = { "table t1", "table t2", "procedure p1", "schema s restrict"}; TestUtil.cleanUpTest(stmt, testObjects); conn.commit(); stmt.close(); } |
There are three aspects to dealing with encoding issues, how to run
a test with specific encoding, what to do to ensure a test can be run
without relying on a certain encoding, and how to generate test output
in fixed encoding.
To force a specific test to run with a specific encoding one can use the property derbyTesting.encoding. This is currently only supported with jdk15. For instance, to run a specific .java test one time only with -DderbyTesting.encoding:
| java
-DderbyTesting.encoding=UTF-16
org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.RunTest
jdbcapi/lobStreams.java |
The test encodingTests contains tests that run with derbyTesting.encoding=UTF-16 in the encodingTests.properties file:
| derbyTesting.encoding=UTF-16 |
Special care is required to ensure that
individual tests can be run successfully on non-ISO-8859 systems. This
includes:
Ensure reading of files is done in an appropriate manner. The test harness will copy supportfiles with extension .*sql, .multi, .view, .txt, .properties, and .policy in local encoding. This means, that accessing such a file should be done with an appropriate mechanism; i.e. from within ij (i.e. a .sql test) use 'run', and from within a .java test use FileReader. The test harness will copy other supportfiles in fixed encoding, i.e. using UTF-8. To access these files and you will have to use an input mechanism that supports specifying of the encoding, such as FileInputStream and BufferedReader. Various .sql tests that run other .sql scripts use the test-specific mechanismn in ij to access files from the classpath: 'run resource'. This construct assumes the files listed are in the classpath - the classes dir or derbyTesting.jar - and they are assumed to be in UTF-8.
Avoid usage of non-encoding safe constructors for Strings. i.e. Avoid String(byte[]) and String(byte[],int,int) to create a string.
Special care is required when developing tests and running them
on non-ISO-8859 systems. The output files cannot be checked into a svn
tree which is assumed to be ISO-8859 compatible. To avoid surprises,
use the property -DgenerateUTF8Out which will create a .utf8out file
which is a copy of the test output converted into UTF-8. Be careful not
to let a file transfer program modify this file (for instance. ftp in
ascii mode may try to convert the file).
| java -DgenerateUTF8Out=true org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.RunTest lang/supersimple.sql |
There
is one more suite included: the j9derbynetmats suite is a
modification of the derbynetmats suite. It was intended to test the
network server with the jvm available with IBM's WCTME (Workplace
Client Technology, Micro Edition; formerly WSDD).
Its use has been discontinued.
Note that the setup for running the j9derbynetmats tests is very
specific to the test harness, not even using the WCTME files in their
normal location.
The j9derbynetmats suite is
included to serve as an example of splitting the network server
process to run with a different jvm than the test client. The
j9derbynetmats suite will run with another jvm as client (as defined
in the suite properties), but start up network server with the 'j9'
jvm files (the reference to 'j9' is based on the executable, j9.exe),
based on the property 'serverJvm'. Running this suite requires
providing the property bootcp, which is interpreted from
the test harness class j9_13. See also section on adding a new jvm
setup.
Occasionally,
cleanup is unsuccessful. This does not constitute a problem in any
way, as the harness for most suites starts with a clean database, and
clean copies of all files. However, you will see something like this
in the output:
Warning: Cleanup failed on
baseDir: /local/myrun1/DerbyNet/supersimple.
NetServer also has a configuration for connecting to DB2 via jcc - the IBM Universal Driver - and via the older DB2 driver. But there are currently no tests to exercise these settings.