[xwiki-devs] [GSOC] [WEBDAV] Test of the current version

[Asiri Rathnayake]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Ludovic Dubost <ludovic at xwiki.org> wrote:

> Asiri Rathnayake wrote:
> > Hi Ludovic,
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Ludovic Dubost <ludovic at xwiki.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Asiri Rathnayake wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Ludovic,
> >>>
> >>> 2008/7/13 Ludovic Dubost <ludovic at xwiki.com>:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Compatibility is going to be the number 1 problem !
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> How should we tackle this issue ? I kind of am puzzled why it works
> like
> >>> that and how to go about fixing it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I think the reason there are issues is that you can't just have a
> >> partial webdav implementation.
> >> For example without locking you have some applications that will behave
> >> weirdly.
> >>
> >> Also since we are not exposing a "real" disk drive, you might also hit
> >> some issues with applications trying to save "temporary" files to the
> disk.
> >> We need to detect the most common ones and handle these in the server
> >> memory.
> >>
> >>
> >> I think what you first need to do is write some good tests proving that
> >> you are implementing the basic functions properly, including locking
> >> (and versioning if it is necessary).
> >>
> >
> >
> > Agreed but i'm kind of not sure what sort of tests they should be. I
> believe
> > JUnit testing is not what you meant. Please advice me on this, i'm kind
> of
> > not sure what sort of approach i should be taking towards implementing
> tests
> > but i agree with you that we should have tests.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> My take:
>
> - you should find some webdav client library that you can use in your
> tests (DavExplorer or SLIDE) and use it to send simple commands to your
> module.
>

Ok, i think i can use jackrabbit webdav client classes. Btw, i wish to
perform refactoring (little by little) along with test writing task. I hope
this is ok with you :)

Thanks.

- Asiri


>
> Maybe the developers have better ideas ?
>
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