Re: [TFUI] golden copy tests

Phlip <[email protected]> writes:

> Anthony Williams wrote:
>
>> Uncompressed, unencrypted PDF isn't too bad, it's just text. If you can
>> test PostScript, I would have thought you could test raw PDF. It's only when
>> you add the compression and encryption that you have to worry.
>
> Are parsers for PDF available?

GhostScript can read PDF.

> Note this is all test-last, not TFUI. The best system would plug a
> Mock Renderer in for the PDF Renderer, so tests can instantly get the
> rendered version in some convenient format...

Agreed. The only time I can imagine wanting to test PDF output directly in a
Test-First scenario is when testing the PDF renderer. In this case, you need a
good understanding of PDF, and can check the output stream (as text)
directly. Compression is a separate layer that replaces a normal (text) PDF
object definition with a compressed version. The same applies to encryption.

Anthony
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Anthony Williams
Software Developer
Just Software Solutions Ltd
http://www.justsoftwaresolutions.co.uk



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