We list the minimal steps required to use the tool for its two main functions: generating unit tests and executing them. More detailed description is available in the CLI user guide.
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Created an empty configuration file, named
tkltest_config.toml
, by running the commandtkltest-unit config init --file tkltest_config.toml
tkltest_config.toml
will be created in the working directory. -
Assign values to the following configuration options in the configuration file (details on all configuration options are available here):
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app_name
: name of the app under test (this name is used as prefix of file/directories created during test generation) -
app_build_files
: one or more build files for the application. TackleTest will automatically extract the following information from the provided build files: (1) the paths to the application classes, (2) the external dependencies of the application, and (3) the identity of its modules, in case of a multi-module application -
build_type
: either maven, gradle or ant
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To generate test cases, run the command
tkltest-unit --verbose generate ctd-amplified
The unit test cases will be generated in a folder named
tkltest-output-unit-<app-name>/<app-name>-ctd-amplified-tests
. A CTD coverage report will be created as well in a folder namedtkltest-output-unit-<app-name>/<app-name>-tkltest-reports
, showing the CTD test plan row coverage achieved by the generated tests. -
To execute the generated unit tests on the legacy app, run the command
tkltest-unit --verbose --test-directory tkltest-output-unit-<app-name>/<app-name>-ctd-amplified-tests execute
JUnit reports and Jacoco code coverage reports will be created in
tkltest-output-unit-<app-name>/<app-name>-tkltest-reports
.
Note that, if the --config-file
option is not specified on the command line (as in the commands above),
the CLI uses by default ./tkltest_config.toml
as the configuration file.