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@@ -69,7 +69,12 @@ each component in the chain may accept and interpret:
<code>-traceTestsMin</code>
<code>-hideStreams</code> and
<code>!eclipse</code>, used to emit tests results in a form
- comparable by <code>org.aspectj.testing.util.TestDiffs</code>.
+ comparable by <code>org.aspectj.testing.util.TestDiffs</code>.
+ Note that output in the form emitted by <code>-traceTestsMin</code>
+ is input for the options to select tests by title
+ (e.g., <code>-ajctestTitleList</code>)
+ and for the tool which compare results from different test runs
+ (<code>org.aspectj.testing.util.TestDiffs</code>).
</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>output</u>: <code>-hide{Compiler|Run}Streams</code> will prevent output and
@@ -95,8 +100,8 @@ each component in the chain may accept and interpret:
hide streams for passing tests but emit them for failing tests.
</td></tr>
-<tr><td rowspan="3" valign="top">AjcTest
- <p>selection options for keywords, bugID (PR)
+<tr><td rowspan="4" valign="top">AjcTest
+ <p>selection options for keywords, bugID (PR), or title (description)
</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>keywords</u>: <code>-ajctest[Require|Skip]Keywords=one{,two}</code>
will either require or skip tests that have the specified keywords.
@@ -104,6 +109,32 @@ each component in the chain may accept and interpret:
<tr><td><u>Bugs</u>: <code>-ajctestPR=101{,102}</code>
will run only tests that are associated with one of the bug id's listed.
</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><u>title</u>:
+ <code>"-ajctestTitleContains=one,two"</code>
+ will require that the title (description) of the test contain
+ either "one" or "two".
+ Use this to select a few tests you know generally.
+ <br>
+ <code>"-ajctestTitleList=../tests/ajcTestResults.txt"</code>
+ will require that the title (description) of the test be
+ equal to one listed in <code>../tests/ajcTestResults.txt</code>
+ as a line of the form "[PASS|FAIL] {title}(.."
+ (emitted by the <code>-traceTestsMin</code> option).
+ Use this to re-run a set of tests.
+ <br>
+ <code>"-ajctestTitleList=first title\, in theory, second title"</code>
+ will require that the title (description) of the test be
+ exactly "first title, in theory" or "second title".
+ The entire option must be one argument on the command line.
+ This option only differs from the prior in not specifying
+ a valid file to read.
+ Use this when working with just a few specific tests.
+ <br>
+ <code>"-ajctestTitleFailList=../tests/ajcTestResults.txt"</code>
+ is the same as the <code>-ajctestTitleList=..</code> variant,
+ except that only results prefixed "FAIL" are included.
+ Use this to re-run only the tests that failed from a large set.
+ </td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="6" valign="top">CompilerRun
<p>compiler options and side-effects
@@ -208,6 +239,16 @@ Following are some sample configurations:
(tests skipped, incomplete, failed, passed).<p>
</li>
+<li><code>java {harness} -hideStreams -traceTestsMin {suiteFile} > results.txt</code>
+ <p>This writes to result.txt one line [PASS|FAIL] per test, plus a
+ 1-line summary of the test results.<p>
+ </li>
+
+<li><code>java {harness} -logFail {suiteFile} -ajctestTitleFailList=results.txt</code>
+ <p>This re-runs any test that failed from the "results.txt" run,
+ verbosely logging any fails.<p>
+ </li>
+
<li><code>java {harness} -hideStreams -logMinFail {suiteFile}</code>
<p>Use this when running tests mainly to see if they pass or
if the failure messages are typically enough information
@@ -222,7 +263,8 @@ Following are some sample configurations:
</li>
<li><code>java {harness} -hideStreams -usejavac- -ajc -Xlint- {suiteFile}</code>
- <p>This would do four complete runs with the old (Ajc 1.0) compiler: one with
+ <p>Because of the trailing '-' on two of the options,
+ this would do four complete runs with the old (Ajc 1.0) compiler: one with
no options, one with -lenient, one with -Xlint, and one with both.<p>
</li>
@@ -238,7 +280,7 @@ If you have a set of options you use often, you can define a single-word
option alias for it; see <code>Harness.optionAliases</code>.
<p><u>Configuration</u>: Most tests use the library jars in
-<code>aspectj/modules/lib/test</code>, defined in
+<code>modules/lib/test</code>, defined in
<code>org.aspectj.testing.harness.bridge.Globals</code>.
Normally the harness finds these by relative path
<code>../lib/tests/*.jar</code>, which works whenever the tests are
@@ -254,8 +296,10 @@ The harness must be run in a compiler-compatible VM, and the
compiler steps run in-process.
However, the java steps can be run in forked mode, which is useful
when compiling for a VM which can't run the compiler.
-Here's how you would run the harness to compile against a
-specific version of 1.1:
+To compile for a different target VM could require
+setting the options for bootclasspath, target, and source.
+To run the harness so that any &lt;run.. tasks run in a
+separate vm, do something like this:
<pre>
java -Djavarun.java=d:\jdk1.1.8\bin\java.exe \
-Djavarun.bootclasspath=d:\jdk1.1.8\lib\classes.zip \
@@ -279,5 +323,6 @@ to the classpath, with an effect like these commands
{mainClass} {option..}
</pre>
+
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