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[Xpand] Verifying Xpand output [message #651353]

Sat, 29 January 2011 18:49

Michael Lindner

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Registered: November 2010

Junior Member

Hi,

there are solutions testing a Xtext grammar and the generated object structure but how is it, if I want to test the generator?

Is there a possibility creating tests for the generated output of xpand-templates or do I have to do a simple text-diff if I have for example a reference-output file?

Thank you
Michael

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Re: [Xpand] Verifying Xpand output [message #651354 is a reply to message #651353]

Sat, 29 January 2011 19:04

Christian Dietrich

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hello Michael,

Generally you could compare the generated output against a defined result file.

But often it is better to test the generated code on a runtime/ functional base (e.g. using unit tests) and not on source code base - since it imho does not play a role if the generated code stays the same even for the least blank Wink

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If you are interested in testing Xtend / Xpand on a more fine granular level then take a look at fit4oaw:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/fit4oaw/
http://kthoms.wordpress.com/?s=fit4oaw
http://blogs.itemis.de/feltes/2009/03/27/test-driven-mdsd-mi t-fit4oaw/

~Christian

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