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Understanding the Recipe File

In the following command, the first and only argument to the Artima SuiteRunner executable JAR file is the name of a recipe file, account.srj:

java -jar suiterunner-[release].jar account.srj

A recipe file is a Java properties file that supplies information needed by Artima SuiteRunner to run a suite of tests. Recipe files contain values for three properties: org.suiterunner.Runpath, org.suiterunner.Suites, and org.suiterunner.Reporters. The contents of account.srj are:

org.suiterunner.Runpath=-p "example"
org.suiterunner.Suites=-s com.artima.examples.account.ex6test.AccountSuite
org.suiterunner.Reporters=-g

In account.srj:

• The value of org.suiterunner.Runpath (-p "example") specifies a runpath with a single directory, example.
• The value of org.suiterunner.Suites (-s com.artima.examples.account.ex6test.AccountSuite) indicates Artima SuiteRunner should load the specified class, a subclass of org.suiterunner.Suite, and invoke its execute method.
• The value of org.suiterunner.Reporters (-g) indicates that Artima SuiteRunner will display its graphical user interface (GUI) and show the results of the run there.

When invoked via the previous command that specifies account.srj as a command line parameter, Artima SuiteRunner will:

1. Create a URLClassLoader that can load classes from the example directory, the directory specified via the recipe file's org.suiterunner.Runpath property.
2. Via the URLClassLoader, load class com.artima.examples.account.ex6test.AccountSuite, the class specified in via the recipe file's org.suiterunner.Suites property.
3. Discover that com.artima.examples.account.ex6test.AccountSuite class is a subclass of org.suiterunner.Suite.
4. Instantiatecom.artima.examples.account.ex6test.AccountSuite.
5. Run the suite of tests by invoking execute on the com.artima.examples.account.ex6test.AccountSuite instance.
6. Report test results via the graphical reporter, the reporter specified via the recipe file's org.suiterunner.Reporters property.

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