[rfc - concept][icedtea-web] plugin tests

[Jiri Vanek]

Hi all!

I think, that I can use current reproducers approach to test applets.
Current approch simple/signed src/resource/testcase and testing server with examination of stdin/out can and will be reused without any modification
Instead of jnlp files from resources will be used html file and instead of javaws will be used eg firefox (can use more testing browsers for testing, but can be hard to maintaining tests to all three mayor browsers). And I will always kill the browser before next test.
On the other side I'm afraid I will lost advantage of -headless approach. And I'm not sure  if I will be able to use awt robot (as I have failed once already, but some screen-capture approach will be possible for sure). But at least lunching of graphical apps  must be solved, as firefox will always have gui! :)
Also I will lost possibility to run plain cron job , But I remeber that "gui" tasks can be run via cron too.
And it will be necessary to add code coverage for plugin.jar :) [some-when :D ]

Any hints, advices or any heading welcomed!

Best regard J.