A super-simple integration testing framework for Java

I created this project to fill a need that I had for a simple way to write consistent integration tests designed to be run in a terminal in a production (or near-production) environment. I didn't want to rely on specifically tailored environments, complicated mocking constructs, or funky test runners. jinteg provides a simple framework for writing integration tests that can be run directly from java (via a main method) and whose results are easily parsed.

Usage is simple:

• The test class inherits the base class IntegrationTest
• Test methods are public, static, and return an instance of ITResult
• Finally, the test class needs a main method that runs one of the run methods

Here's a simple example:

public class FooIT {
	
	public static ITResult fooConnectsToDatabase() throws DBConnectionException {
		DBConnection conn = new Foo().getDBConnection();
		
		if (conn != null) {
			return new ITPass();
		} else {
			return new ITFail("DatabaseConnector didn't return a connection");
		}
	}
	
	public static ITResult fooConnectsToWebService() throws WebServiceConnectionException() {
		boolean isLoggedIn = Foo.connectToWebService("testuser", "testpassword");
		
		if (isLoggedIn) {
			return new ITPass();
		} else {
			return new ITFail("Login to web service failed");
		}
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		run(FooIT.class);
	}
}

For more advanced usage and more detailed documentation, visit the wiki.

A pre-built jar is available for download in the releases section.

Gradle is the build tool of choice for this project. There are no special Gradle tasks implemented here, so building is quite simple:

• gradle eclipse builds the project and classpath files needed to work in Eclipse
• gradle jar builds the jar

Note: if your workstation does not have Gradle installed, use ./gradlew or ./gradlew.bat in place of gradle in the previous commands