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Creating a New Test Class

How to Create a Test Class

Create an ETLUnit test class with any ASCII compatible text editor.

Test Class File Naming

• The name of the file containing the test class should end with the extension, '.etlunit.'
• The file name does not have to have the same name as the test class.
• The file may contain multiple test classes.

Test Class Content Format

The syntax used in ETLUnit test classes is proprietary to ETLUnit.  In appearance, it appears to be a cross between an object oriented programming language like Java, and JSON syntax. SEE the Test Class Declaration example below.

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Syntax for a Test Class

Sample Test Class

Below is a sample ETLUnit test class.  It runs tests against Informatica work flows.

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Parts of a Test Class

Annotations

Annotations may be placed at the file, class or method levels.  Annotations begin with the '@' symbol.  Here is an example.

Test Class Declaration

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A single ETLUnit test file may have any number of test classes in it.  It is good form to try to stick to only one test class per test file, and to use the same name for both the file and the declared test class.

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Test Method Declaration

The test method sets apart a single 'test.'  A test class may have any number of test methods.

Operations

Some common test operations are:

• stage()  - - Sets up data, typically to be used by the execute().
• set()  - - Sets a variable.
• execute()  - - Represents the process being tested.
• assert()set()  - - Test an assumption against the actual artifact or condition.
• assert-log()  - - Test an assumption against the actual log file.

Comments

There are two ways to include comments in an ETLUnit test class file.

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