Creating tests for the lifecycle methods of entity beans

You can use the lifecycle test pattern to verify the lifecycle methods (creating new beans, removing beans, and finding beans) of entity beans, to verify whether the state of an entity bean is correct, and to verify persistence and database lookups of entity beans.

To test the lifecycle methods of an entity bean:
  1. Click File > New > Other > Component Test > EJB > EJB Component Test and click Next.

    This starts the Create Test for EJB wizard.

  2. On the first wizard page, take one of the following actions:
    • Select the test project that will contain the test and click Next.
    • Click New to start the process of creating a new test project.

    At this point, a static analysis is performed on the EJBs associated with the test project. These files were selected during the creation of the test project and serve to define the scope of the test. (To update the list of files in the project, modify the Test Scope properties for the test project.)

    When the analysis is complete, you will see a list of components in a table format and sorted according to the computed metrics. You can use the guidance that these metrics provide to decide which EJB components are most important for you to test. Components with highlighted values or high numerical values are considered high-priority test candidates.

  3. On the "Select the components under test" page, select the components you want to include in the test and click Next.
  4. On the "Select a test pattern" page, select EJB lifecycle testing and click Next.
  5. On the "Select the EJB interfaces" page, select the interfaces (local or remote) that you want to use to perform the test.
    Note: You cannot test an EJB through its local interface and through its remote interface within the same component test or test suite. You must create one component test to test through the local interface and a second component test to test through the remote interface. You can store the two component tests in the same test project.
  6. On the Select create method and fields page, select the particular create method to use to build the EJB under test, select the fields to be tested, and click Finish. The end result is a test behavior script and a test suite with one test case.
  7. After you create the test, be sure to populate the test data table with test data. To display a test data table, take one of the following actions:
    • Open the test behavior script and position the cursor within a test method.
    • Click a method in the Outline view.
Related concepts
Test patterns for Enterprise JavaBeans
Static metrics
Related tasks
Creating new component test projects
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