[dna-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (DNA-521) Define infrastructure for testing with multiple DBMSes

Fri Sep 11 12:19:23 EDT 2009

Define infrastructure for testing with multiple DBMSes
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                 Key: DNA-521
                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/DNA-521
             Project: DNA
          Issue Type: Task
    Affects Versions: 0.6
            Reporter: Randall Hauch
            Assignee: Randall Hauch
             Fix For: 0.7

We need to support easily testing the different aspects of DNA (primarily integration testing, but including the JPA connector testing) on different DBMS systems.  There are several ways of doing this, but one seemingly attractive way is to define a Maven profile for each DBMS to define the dependencies, custom repositories for drivers, and Maven properties that define the database connection information.  Each project can then be done in a database-agnostic manner, where database-related information (e.g., connection properties, driver names, etc.) can be placed in a property file within the project's "/src/test/resources" area and defined in terms of the Maven properties.  Then the Maven build (or just test runs) can be executed by supplying the desired DBMS profile; ideally, the normal build process would be completed, and then the tests can be run using the different DBMS profiles.

The jBPM4 project defines the profiles in their parent POM [1], while the Hibernate project defines them is their "testsuite" project's POM [2].  I actually like how jBPM defines it in the parent POM, but I like how Hibernate's POM defines and organizes their profiles.  Also note Hibernate's use of one DBMS profile (currently HSQLDB) as the default, meaning that all tests would normally pick that up.  Also, an example of a Hibernate test resource file that picks up the Maven properties is at [3].

[1] https://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbpm/jbpm4/trunk/pom.xml
[2] https://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/hibernate/core/trunk/testsuite/pom.xml
[3] https://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/hibernate/core/trunk/testsuite/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties

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