Review Request for JDK-8078112: Integrate Selection/Resolution test suite into jtreg tests

[Eric McCorkle]

On 04/19/2015 11:03 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> On 18/04/2015 6:16 AM, Eric McCorkle wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Please review this patch, which integrates a portion of the
>> selection/resolution test suite into the JTreg test suite.  This will
>> integrate the tests in such a way that they are run on every integration.
> 
> Not sure what you mean by that last part. You've excluded the new tests
> from the hotspot_runtime group, so they will only be executed if requested.

If that's the case, I'll need to fix the files.

>> This test suite uses a template-based generation scheme to exercise all
>> aspects of the updated selection/resolution test suite from JVMS 8.  It
>> runs a very large number of tests, representing a very wide variety of
>> cases.  Extensive javadoc comments are found throughout the test code
>> which describe the suite's functioning in more detail.
> 
> How long do these tests take to run in general?

About 2-3 minutes total on a laptop.