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JMockit 0.998 has been added to the project to provide a mocking framework to the tests.

ContiPerf

ContiPerf is a lightweight testing utility that enables the user to easily leverage JUnit 4 test cases as performance tests e.g. for continuous performance testing.

The project makes use of ContiPerf 1.06.

Unit Tests Implementation

These are tests which test just how one object works. Typically test each method on an object for expected output in several situations. They are executed exclusively at the API level.

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The main difference between these and the unit tests is in the test implemented, not in the infrastructure required, as these tests will use several classes at once to emulate a user action.

The integration tests also make use of ContiPerf to evaluate the performance of the system. We believe it doesn't make sense to add this layer to the unit tests, as they are tested in isolation and we expect performance not of individual calls but of certain tasks that can only be emulated by integration testing. 

Static Analysis

Due to comments in the GSoC meetings, some static analysis tools have been added to the project. The tools are just a complement, a platform like Sonar should be used as it integrates better with the structure of DSpace and we could have the reports linked to Jira.

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