Re: [QF-Test] Loading Properties

[Martin Moser <martin.moser@?.de>]

Hi Derrik,

there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Regards,
Martin

--On Freitag, Oktober 26, 2007 06:26:34 -0700 Derrik Ammons
<dammons@?.COM> wrote:

> I did something similar, but I'm not sure of the consequences, though.
>
> Instead of an if-else, I actually did a try-catch block, where I tried to
> set a value to ${group:name} and under the catch node, I loaded the
> property sheet in the case of a MissingPropertiesException.  Is it ok if
> I skinned the cat this way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Derrik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Moser [mailto:martin.moser@?.de]
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 1:47 AM
> To: qftest-list@?.de
> Cc: Derrik Ammons
> Subject: Re: [QF-Test] Loading Properties
>
> Hi Derrik,
>
> one possible solution would be an if-condition around the load-properties
> node, which checks for one of those properties. If it is not set, then
> load it, otherwise do nothing.
>
> The setup-nodes will be executed before each test-case, that's to ensure
> fulfillment of the prerequisites, so the if-pattern might a good approach.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> --On Donnerstag, Oktober 25, 2007 11:26:30 -0700 Derrik Ammons
> <dammons@?.COM> wrote:
>
> > I would like to load properties once.  The Test Case nodes are
> > independent of each other using dependency nodes, so how do I load a
> > property sheet that contains property values for more than one Test
> > Case?  Is there a way, other than keeping track myself, to load a
> > property sheet once, and reference the sheet to get values (i.e.
> > ${group:name}) for multiple Test Cases?
> >
> > For the Test Set, I can break up the sheets into individual Test Case
> > property sheets, but that would be a maintenance nightmare.  Or, I can
> > just load the sheet every time a test case is ran, like adding it to a
> > Setup node, for example.  I'm not sure if this will waste cpu cycles
> > or hog any memory.  Please advise.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Derrik


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