TestBox : Behavior Driven Development (BDD)

TestBox : Behavior Driven Development (BDD)

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TestBox ships with several test runners internally but we have tried to simplify and abstract it with our TestBox object which can be found in the testbox.system package. The testbox object allows you to execute tests from a CFC, CFM, HTTP, SOAP, NodeJS or REST. You can also make your CFC's extend from our BaseSpec class so you can execute it directly via the URL. The main execution methods are:

// Run tests and produce reporter results
testbox.run()
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// Run tests and get raw testbox.system.TestResults object
testbox.runRaw()
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// Run tests and produce reporter results from SOAP, REST, HTTP
testbox.runRemote()
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// Run via Spec URL
http://localhost/tests/spec.cfc?method=runRemote

We encourage you to read the API docs included in the distribution for the complete parameters for each method.

run() Arguments

Here are the arguments you can use for initializing TestBox or executing the run() method

Argument

Required

Default

Type

Description

bundles

true

---

string/array

The path, list of paths or array of paths of the spec bundle CFCs to run and test

directory

false

---

struct

The directory mapping path or a struct: [ mapping = the path to the directory using dot notation (myapp.testing.specs), recurse = boolean, filter = closure that receives the path of the CFC found, it must return true to process or false to continue process ]

reporter

false

simple

string/struct/instance

The type of reporter to use for the results, by default is uses our 'simple' report. You can pass in a core reporter string type or an instance of a coldbox.system.reports.IReporter. You can also pass a struct with [type="string or classpath", options={}] if a reporter expects options.

labels

false

false

string/array

The string or array of labels the runner will use to execute suites and specs with.

options

false

{}

struct

A structure of property name-value pairs that each runner can implement and use at its discretion.

testBundles

false

---

string/array

A list or array of bundle names that are the ones that will be executed ONLY!

testSuites

false

---

string/array

A list or array of suite names that are the ones that will be executed ONLY!

testSpecs

false

---

string/array

A list or array of test names that are the ones that will be executed ONLY

callbacks

false

{}

struct of closures or CFC

A struct of listener callbacks or a CFC with callbacks for listening to progress of the testing: onBundleStart,onBundleEnd,onSuiteStart,onSuiteEnd,onSpecStart,onSpecEnd

eagerFailure

false

false

boolean

If true, then after testing a bundle if there are any failures or errors no more testing will be performed.

runRemote() Arguments

Here are the arguments you can use for executing the runRemote() method of the TestBox object:

Argument

Required

Default

Type

Description

bundles

true

---

string

The path, list of paths or array of paths of the spec bundle CFCs to run and test

directory

false

---

string

The directory mapping to test: directory = the path to the directory using dot notation (myapp.testing.specs)

recurse

false

true

boolean

Recurse the directory mapping or not, by default it does

reporter

false

simple

string/path

The type of reporter to use for the results, by default is uses our 'simple' report. You can pass in a core reporter string type or a class path to the reporter to use.

reporterOptions

false

{}

JSON

A JSON struct literal of options to pass into the reporter

labels

false

false

string

The string array of labels the runner will use to execute suites and specs with.

options

false

{}

JSON

A JSON struct literal of configuration options that are optionally used to configure a runner.

testBundles

false

---

string/array

A list or array of bundle names that are the ones that will be executed ONLY!

testSuites

false

---

string

A list of suite names that are the ones that will be executed ONLY!

testSpecs

false

---

string

A list of test names that are the ones that will be executed ONLY

eagerFailure

false

false

boolean

If true, then after testing a bundle if there are any failures or errors no more testing will be performed.

Notes

  • The bundles argument which can be a single CFC path or an array of CFC paths or a directory argument so it can go and discover the test bundles from that directory.

  • The reporter argument can be a core reporter name like: json,xml,junit,raw,simple,dots,tap,min,etc or it can be an instance of a reporter CFC.

  • You can execute the runners from any cfm template or any CFC or any URL, that is up to you.