[jbossts-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBTM-949) Automate the verification of trace output from the XTS crash recovery tests

[Paul Robinson (Created) (JIRA)]

Automate the verification of trace output from the XTS crash recovery tests
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                 Key: JBTM-949
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBTM-949
             Project: JBoss Transaction Manager
          Issue Type: Enhancement
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
            Reporter: Paul Robinson
            Assignee: Paul Robinson
             Fix For: 5.0.0.Final


Currently it is very difficult to verify the trace output from the XTS crash recovery tests. With the current code it is infeasible to run multiple servers as the trace output will span many files making it difficult to establish the correct order in which events occurred.

I think, the following changes will make the test verification automatic and the tests scalable to many participants:

# Carry out assertions in Byteman as the test progresses. Assertions at Runtime should be more flexible as more info is available.
# Each participant is concerned only with the correctness of their own participation. This is key to scalability to many participants.
# Anything that can't be solved by the above is dumped to one trace file per server and is hopefuly simple enough for scriptable post-verification.

I think my idea needs prototyping first to check that it is feasible in practice.

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