Test Bundles

The testing bundle CFC is actually the suite in xUnit style as it contains all the test methods you would like to test with. Usually, this CFC represents a test case for a specific software under test (SUT), whether that's a model object, service, etc. This component can have some cool annotations as well that can alter its behavior.

component displayName="The name of my suite" asyncAll="boolean" labels="list" skip="boolean"{

}

TestBox relies on the fact of creating testing bundles which are basically CFCs. A bundle CFC will hold all the tests the TestBox runner will execute and produce reports on. Thus, sometimes this test bundle is referred to as a test suite in xUnit terms.

component displayName="My test suite" extends="testbox.system.BaseSpec"{

     // executes before all tests
     function beforeTests(){}

     // executes after all tests
     function afterTests(){}

}

Bundle Annotations

Argument	Required	Default	Type	Description
displayName	false	--	string	If used, this will be the name of the test suite in the reporters.
asyncAll	false	false	boolean	If true, it will execute all the test methods in parallel and join at the end asynchronously.
labels	false	---	string/list	The list of labels this test belongs to
skip	false	false	boolean/udf	A boolean flag that makes the runners skip the test for execution. It can also be the name of a UDF in the same CFC that will be executed and MUST return a boolean value.

Caution If you activate the asyncAll flag for asynchronous testing, you HAVE to make sure your tests are also thread safe and appropriately locked.