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<font face="sans-serif">Hi,<br>
recently during CDI TCK arquillian migration (</font><font
face="sans-serif">1.1 branch</font><font face="sans-serif">) we
had to replace test harness @ExpectedDeploymentException in tests
expecting deployment failure.<br>
<br>
So currently in TCK we use @ShouldThrowException(Exception.class)
on arquillian deployment method. Indeed testing generic Exception
is not the best solution but in fact right now we cannot test </font><font
face="sans-serif">exact deployment cause</font><font
face="sans-serif"> while there are no standardized CDI </font><font
face="sans-serif">deployment-related</font><font face="sans-serif">
exceptions (in CDI 1.1 there will be - see </font><font
face="sans-serif">CDI-118 Standardize deployment-related exception
classes</font><font face="sans-serif">). </font><span
class="entity-name" title="org.jboss.msc.service.StartException"></span><font
face="sans-serif">Also note that "Adding this annotation will
force @{@link Deployment} to be testable = false which will force
@{@link RunAsClient}".</font><br>
<font face="sans-serif"><br>
The other possibility is to use something like
Assert.fail("Deployment should have failed...") or assert false in
test method. Seam Compatibility and Weld use this approach.<br>
<br>
The question is whether to standardize this among all
cdi/weld/seam tests. I think we should use the arquillian way (</font><font
face="sans-serif">@ShouldThrowException</font><font
face="sans-serif">) while its more obvious that we expect
deployment failure </font><font face="sans-serif">and use
relevant expected exceptions as soon as CDI 1.1 arrives.<br>
<br>
WDYT?<br>
<br>
M<br>
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Martin Kouba
JBoss Quality Assurance Engineer
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mkouba@redhat.com">mkouba@redhat.com</a>
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