[stellation-res] PDE JUnit test (current issues)

[Jim Wright - IBM Research <jwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Per my recent post, I've started using the Eclipse
PDE JUnit support for unit testing within Eclipse.

The PDE JUnit plug-in is still a work in progress.
It is very fickle regarding runtime classpath configuration;
various plug-ins activated during a test run often
have problems finding junit.jar.

The good news is, I finally got it to work correctly
(and reliably) Monday, in my primary workspace.
Once working, it's a nice addition to the regular
 Eclipse development toolkit.

The bad news is, I haven't yet been able to get
PDE JUnit to work in my 'cvs-test' workspace.
This is the workspace I use to verify that my checkins
to our CVS server are complete and buildable;
I wipe it, create an empty Eclipse workspace,
download from CVS and rebuild everything
from scratch.

This means that:
* the code I checked in _will_ build correctly,
  once the necessary set of binary plug-in projects
  are imported (more on this in a follow-up).
* Nobody else can yet use PDE JUnit for testing -
  and I can only use it in my primary workspace.

I'm looking into this further, and am seeking
advice from the PDE JUnit secret masters.

- Jim

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