Re: Testing Searcher Object

"Eb [email protected] [testdrivendevelopment]" <[email protected]> Tue, 27 May 2014 15:01:08 -0400
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Thanks everyone for the feedback.  Exactly what we needed for our
conversation.


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Tim Ottinger
[email protected][testdrivendevelopment]
<[email protected]> wrote:

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> How many ways are there for it to go right?  I can see a null response, a
> single return, multiple returns. Can it get duplicates? What other results
> are "happy" paths?
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> How many ways are there for it to go wrong? An invalid search? A backend
> that isn't working? An invalid input? what? What else?
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> Remember, you're testing the SEARCHER OBJECT not every possible search, or
> the system behind it.
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> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Eb [email protected][testdrivendevelopment]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi -
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>> We were having a conversation about testing a "searcher" object.
>> Basically, this object does a search based on the inputs passed into it.
>> Do tests have to be written for every permutation of inputs for the class
>> to have been tested properly?
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>> Thanks.
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