Please review 7156976: improve java tools testing

Joseph Darcy joe.darcy at oracle.com
Wed Mar 28 23:33:55 UTC 2012


Looks fine.

Cheers,

-Joe

On 3/28/2012 10:39 AM, Kumar Srinivasan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are adding new test to test the tool functionality of the launcher:
>
> 1. verify the options intended for a tool does gets to it intact, 
> Steve Sides
>     from SQE has contributed this test, which applies various test 
> vectors to
>     a simulated javac launcher.
>
> 2. enhanced the version checking to ensure a tool can be launched
>
> 3. The version checker now has inverted logic to select the tool 
> selection,
>      it will execute all possible tools in the bin directory. Thus any 
> new tools
>      added will be tested. Therefore, if a new tool is not compliant, 
> the onus is on
>      the tool developer to:
>           a: make the tool compliant.
>           b: if a is impossible,  then add it to the excluded list.
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ksrini/7156976/webrev/
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7156976
>
> Thanks
> Kumar & Steve
>



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