Re: Simpletest Conundrum
Darren Oh <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Dec 2014 14:44:12 -0500
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--Apple-Mail=_61FE14ED-E121-47E4-9D4E-47D808DDE985 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Standard practice is to create a hidden test module. = https://www.drupal.org/node/302577 On Dec 1, 2014, at 2:19 PM, Jeff Greenberg wrote: > In Drupal 7, I have a requirement to simpletest a functional group of = methods... one test comprised of about 1800 subtest permutations.=20 >=20 > The issue I have is that these are back-end functions with no UI = interaction, yet simpletest unit test, from what I read, does not = provide the functionality for accessing the db, creating test tables and = data, etc. >=20 > Do I fudge it by having a menu callback, or by having an admin page = with a button if necessary, so that I can webtest, or do I manually = include db.inc, etc. so that I can access the db, (though I think it = would need to be much dirtier than that)? --Apple-Mail=_61FE14ED-E121-47E4-9D4E-47D808DDE985 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " = class=3D""><div class=3D"">Standard practice is to create a hidden test = module. <a = href=3D"https://www.drupal.org/node/302577">https://www.drupal.org/node/30= 2577</a></div><br class=3D""><div><div class=3D"">On Dec 1, 2014, at = 2:19 PM, Jeff Greenberg wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " = class=3D"Apple-style-span">In Drupal 7, I have a requirement to = simpletest a functional group of methods... one test comprised of about = 1800 subtest permutations. <div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">The issue I have is that these are back-end functions with no = UI interaction, yet simpletest unit test, from what I read, does not = provide the functionality for accessing the db, creating test tables and = data, etc.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Do = I fudge it by having a menu callback, or by having an admin page with a = button if necessary, so that I can webtest, or do I manually include = db.inc, etc. so that I can access the db, (though I think it would need = to be much dirtier than that)?</div></span></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_61FE14ED-E121-47E4-9D4E-47D808DDE985--