Class TestCase

A test case defines the fixture to run multiple tests. To define a test case
1) implement a subclass of TestCase
2) define instance variables that store the state of the fixture
3) initialize the fixture state by overriding setUp
4) clean-up after a test by overriding tearDown.
Each test runs in its own fixture so there can be no side effects among test runs. Here is an example:

 public class MathTest extends TestCase {
     protected double fValue1;
     protected double fValue2;

    protected void setUp() {
         fValue1= 2.0;
         fValue2= 3.0;
     }
 }
 

For each test implement a method which interacts with the fixture. Verify the expected results with assertions specified by calling assertTrue with a boolean.

    public void testAdd() {
        double result= fValue1 + fValue2;
        assertTrue(result == 5.0);
    }
 

Once the methods are defined you can run them. The framework supports both a static type safe and more dynamic way to run a test. In the static way you override the runTest method and define the method to be invoked. A convenient way to do so is with an anonymous inner class.

 TestCase test= new MathTest("add") {
        public void runTest() {
            testAdd();
        }
 };
 test.run();
 

The dynamic way uses reflection to implement runTest. It dynamically finds and invokes a method. In this case the name of the test case has to correspond to the test method to be run.

 TestCase test= new MathTest("testAdd");
 test.run();
 

The tests to be run can be collected into a TestSuite. JUnit provides different test runners which can run a test suite and collect the results. A test runner either expects a static method suite as the entry point to get a test to run or it will extract the suite automatically.

 public static Test suite() {
      suite.addTest(new MathTest("testAdd"));
      suite.addTest(new MathTest("testDivideByZero"));
      return suite;
  }
 

See Also: TestResult TestSuite