[infinispan-dev] A tip: Using a random word generator to generate uncommon test data

[Galder Zamarreno]

p.s. I'm currently using 
http://watchout4snakes.com/creativitytools/RandomWord/RandomWordPlus.aspx as 
random word generator.

On 09/11/2009 12:12 PM, Galder Zamarreno wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Looking at the Infinispan tests, I've seen plenty same keys/values
> repeated in loads of tests, i.e. k1, k2, v1, v2....etc, so sometimes,
> when you're debugging a specific tests, particularly when running the
> whole testsuite, it's hard to pint point the data related to your test
> since same key/values are used by several tests.
>
> So, to try to help with finding the data related to my tests, I'm trying
> to use random word generator to generate uncommon or obscure words that
> I can use in the tests. Doing this allows me to quickly find my data in
> the logs, i.e. "key-isoprene"
>
> I don't know whether other people are interesting in using a similar
> method but at least for me, it helps.
>
> Cheers,

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Galder Zamarreño
Sr. Software Engineer
Infinispan, JBoss Cache