jacotest.go

TODO: Add more test cases!

Jacotest is intended to be a user-level testing companion to https://github.com/platypusguy/jacobin. While Jacobin has internal component-unit testing, it is useful to have a collection of Java-source tests that can be executed automatically at the operator command line or through Github Actions.

All of the jactotest source code is written in Go as the name implies. See the src directory under the project root.

Some additional utilities have been developed and reside in the utilities directory under the project root.

Installation and Operations

Preliminaries

In all O/S installations, the following steps must be taken prior to use of jacotest:

• If there is no go subdirectory under the user's home directory, create it.
• If there is no bin subdirectory under go, create it.
• The GOPATH environment variable must be set to the go subdirectory full path. After this is done, logout and then re-login.
• Ensure that the full path of the bin subdirectory of go is an element of the PATH environment variable.

Install git, go, and java version 21 such that the executables git, go, javac, java reside in a directory whose absolute path is an element of the PATH environment variable.

Install jacobin such that its executable resides in a directory whose absolute path is an element of the PATH environment variable. It is recommended that this directory be the bin subdirectory under go. Suggestion:

• cd jacobin/src
• go install -v ./...

Sqlite Database Run-time and Database Browser

Jacotest uses an sqlite database to store test case results in addition to logging and summary reports - discussed later on. The following are steps to install the sqlite run-time and the sqlite browser:

• Click on https://www.sqlitetutorial.net/download-install-sqlite/ . Follow the instructions.
• Be sure to put the resultant bin subdirectory in the PATH.
• Go to https://download.sqlitebrowser.org/DB.Browser.for.SQLite-3.12.2-win64.msi and do the usual Windows MSI installation.

Make PATH Updates Permanent

In order to make sure that all of the PATH updates are effective,

• Logout and re-login afterwards.
• Check the new elements of the PATH variable: all there?
  • go/bin under the home directory with the jacobin executable present
  • executables git, go, javac, java reside in a directory whose absolute path is an element of the PATH
  • GCC on Windows: probably, C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin
  • Sqlite3 on Windows: probably, C:\SQLITE\bin

Installation of jacotest

Open a terminal window / command prompt.

• Assuming that you wish to install jacotest under the home directory,
  • cd $HOME (on Linux, MacOS, or Unix)
  • cd %HOMEPATH% (Windows)
• git clone https://github.com/texadactyl/jacotest.go
• cd jacotest.go/src
• go get github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3
• go install -v ./...
• cd ..

You are now positioned at the jacotest base and ready to test. First try this: jacotest -h. You should see something like this:

Usage:  jacotest  [-h]  [-c]  [-x]  [-2]  [-M]  [-v]  [-t NSECS]  [ -j { openjdk | jacobin } ]

where
	-h : This display.
	-c : Compile the test cases.
	-x : Execute all test cases.
	     Specifying -x implies parameter -2.
	-2 : Print the last 2 test case results if there was a change.
	-t : This is the timeout value in seconds (deadline) in executing all test cases.  Default: 120.
	-j : This is the JVM to use in executing all test cases. Default: jacobin.
	     Specifying -j implies parameters -x and -2.
	-v : Verbose logging.
	-M : Generate a run report suitable for viewing on github (normally, not produced).

jacotest version: v3.0.0
Built with: go1.21.6
BuildData vcs.revision: 8515bd83cc9ace5e7b30620f5dd925f6bab002ed
BuildData vcs.time: 2024-01-22 16:39:44 CST
BuildData vcs.modified: true

Jacotest Operations

Jacotest can run the test case collection against 2 different JVMs:

• jacobin
• OpenJDK's JVM with an executable named "java"

For example, to test jacobin against the test case collection: jacotest -x

Note that jacobin is the default JVM.

To run tests against the OpenJDK JVM, jacotest -x -j openjdk

The reports and logs can be discarded as follows: jacotest -c

If the default timeout value of 60 seconds for each individual case is insufficient, one can use the -t parameter to specify a different value. An example: of running with a 2-minute deadline for each test case: jacotest -x -t 120 -j jacobin

The -v (verbose logging) parameter is intended for jacotest software debugging.

Test Case Overview

Each test case occupies a directory immediately under the directory tests. The test case source code follows the following conventions:

• For a given test case, there is a main.java file whose main.class file starts execution for the given test case following a successful compilation.
• Additional source files (helper.java, etc.) can be present for test case modularity.
• Package statements and related subdirectories containing .java source files are limited to specific tests that are testing the JVM's ability to handle Java packaging.

Test Case Run

Test cases are run in lexical directory name order as the appear under the tests directory. For each test case (directory), execution is a multi-step process:

1. Compilation of all *.java files with javac.
2. Assuming that compilation was successful for a given test case, then javap -v is run for all of the compiled .class files. The javap output files are stored in the same directory as the corresponding class file.
3. If compilation is successful, then execution proceeds under the control of one of two JVMs: java or jacobin.

Test Case Results and Reports

The following are jacotest output:

• Logs of individual test cases
• Test case summary covering all test cases
• Optional run report suitable for viewing on github (only produced if -M is specified on the command line)
• Database holding all of the run summaries

Logs

At the beginning of each run, the logs directory is cleaned out. For the current run, the detailed results of each test case is recorded as a single file in the logs directory. Files are prefixed with PASSED. or FAILED, depending on the outcome.

Test Case Summary

This is a single file per jacotest run (Summary_YYYY-MM-DD_hh.mm.ss_<jvm>.txt) residing in the reports subdirectory. The results of all test cases for a single run are contained in this file.

Database

The sqlite database file resides in the database directory. If the file or its directory does not yet exist, jacotest will automatically create it.

There is one table in the database: history. Each record contained therein represents the result of running a specific test case at the given date and time with the indicated JVM.

History columns:

• test_case: Test case name (directory name under tests)
• jvm: JVM name ("jacobin" or "openjdk")
• date_utc: UTC date (YYYY-MM-DD)
• time_utc: UTC time (hh:mm:ss)
• result: "passed", "failed", or "timeout"
• fail_text: Reason for failure if failed; otherwise SQL "NULL"