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authorPeter Andersson <[email protected]>2011-12-11 00:35:21 +0100
committerPeter Andersson <[email protected]>2011-12-12 05:08:38 +0100
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Document changes in test specifications (groups) and style sheets
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-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml49
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
index 57059f0ba2..06d1ba8b03 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
@@ -412,6 +412,16 @@
the way from <c>init_per_suite</c> down to the test cases in the
sub group).</p>
+ <p>With the <c>GroupSpec</c> element (below) it's possible to specify
+ group execution properties that will override those specified in the
+ group definition (i.e. in <c>groups/0</c>). Execution properties for
+ sub-groups may be overridden as well. This feature makes it possible to
+ change properties of groups at the time of execution,
+ without even having to edit the test suite. More detailed documentation,
+ and examples, can be found in the
+ <seealso marker="write_test_chapter#test_case_groups">
+ Test case groups</seealso> chapter.</p>
+
<p>Below is the test specification syntax. Test specifications can
be used to run tests both in a single test host environment and
in a distributed Common Test environment (Large Scale
@@ -475,8 +485,8 @@
{groups, DirRef, Suite, Groups}.
{groups, NodeRefsDirRef, Suite, Groups}.
- {groups, DirRef, Suite, Group, {cases,Cases}}.
- {groups, NodeRefsDirRef, Suite, Group, {cases,Cases}}.
+ {groups, DirRef, Suite, GroupSpec, {cases,Cases}}.
+ {groups, NodeRefsDirRef, Suite, GroupSpec, {cases,Cases}}.
{cases, DirRef, Suite, Cases}.
{cases, NodeRefs, DirRef, Suite, Cases}.
@@ -510,7 +520,8 @@
DirRef = DirAlias | Dir
Suites = atom() | [atom()] | all
Suite = atom()
- Groups = atom() | [atom()] | all
+ Groups = GroupSpec | [GroupSpec] | all
+ GroupSpec = Group | {Group,Properties} | {Group,Properties,GroupSpec}
Group = atom()
Cases = atom() | [atom()] | all
Comment = string() | ""
@@ -708,22 +719,16 @@
look like this:</p>
<pre>
-&lt;style&gt;
- div.ct_internal { background:lightgrey; color:black }
- div.default { background:lightgreen; color:black }
- div.sys_config { background:blue; color:white }
- div.sys_state { background:yellow; color:black }
- div.error { background:red; color:white }
-&lt;/style&gt;
- </pre>
+ div.sys_config { background:blue; color:white }
+ div.sys_state { background:yellow; color:black }
+ div.error { background:red; color:white }</pre>
<p>To install the CSS file (Common Test inlines the definition in the
HTML code), the name may be provided when executing <c>ct_run</c>.
Example:</p>
<pre>
- $ ct_run -dir $TEST/prog -stylesheet $TEST/styles/test_categories.css
- </pre>
+ $ ct_run -dir $TEST/prog -stylesheet $TEST/styles/test_categories.css</pre>
<p>Categories in a CSS file installed with the <c>-stylesheet</c> flag
are on a global test level in the sense that they can be used in any
@@ -744,8 +749,7 @@
ct:log(sys_state, "Connections: ~p", [ConnectionInfo]),
...
ct:pal(error, "Error ~p detected! Info: ~p", [SomeFault,ErrorInfo]),
- ct:fail(SomeFault).
- </pre>
+ ct:fail(SomeFault).</pre>
<p>If the style sheet is installed as in this example, the categories are
private to the suite in question. They can be used by all test cases in the
@@ -769,21 +773,6 @@
<p>The <c>Category</c> argument in the example above may have the
value (atom) <c>sys_config</c> (white on blue), <c>sys_state</c>
(black on yellow) or <c>error</c> (white on red).</p>
-
- <p>If the <c>Category</c> argument is not specified, Common Test will
- use the CSS selector <c>div.default</c> for the
- printout. For this reason a user supplied style sheet must
- include this selector. Also the selector
- <c>div.ct_internal</c> must be included. Hence a minimal
- user style sheet should look like this (which is also the
- default style sheet Common Test uses if no user CSS file is
- provided):</p>
- <pre>
- &lt;style&gt;
- div.ct_internal { background:lightgrey; color:black }
- div.default { background:lightgreen; color:black }
- &lt;/style&gt;
- </pre>
</section>
<section>