CodeTools proposal: "JTHarness"
Kevin Looney
kevin.looney at oracle.com
Wed Feb 26 13:39:32 PST 2014
Sorry - the summary should read:
Summary: A software testing harness, used to to drive large-scale Java
platform testing.
On 2/26/14, 1:31 PM, Kevin Looney wrote:
> Name: JTHarness
>
> Summary: A collection of tools used to evaluate platform compatibility
> and API change.
>
> Proposed by: Kevin Looney
>
> Rationale:
>
> JTHarness is already an Open Source project, located under the ME
> OpenSource infrastructure:
>
> https://jtharness.java.net/
>
> This is not a proposal for a new project, it is a proposal for a
> transfer of the JTHarness (java.net) project into the OpenJDK
> CodeTools community, and moderation under OpenJDK bylaws.
>
> The JT harness is based on Oracle's JavaTest (TM) Harness. The JT
> harness is a general purpose, fully-featured, flexible, and
> configurable test harness very well suited for most types of unit
> testing. Originally developed as a test harness to run Technology
> Compatibility Kit (TCK) test suites, it has since evolved into a
> general purpose test platform.
>
> The JT harness:
>
> * Is designed to configure, sequence, and run test suites that consist
> of many (100,000 or more) discrete, independent tests. It is
> especially good at testing APIs and compilers.
> * Can be used to run tests on all of the Java platforms, from the Java
> Card platform, to the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition ("Java EE").
> * Enables you to create test suites that are self-contained products
> that customers can easily configure and run.
>
> The JTHarness open source project was created in 2006 - in order to
> develop a community that will improve the harness, improve software
> development techniques with respect to platform compatibility, and
> enhance the development of software test suites. We expect to continue
> this charter through inclusion in OpenJDK.
>
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