Re: WebDAV provider tests: how about interacting with a server?

This is pretty cool :-)

I’ve currently got an odd issue with Calc not detecting the content-encoding via the WebDAV layer 
in bug 95217 - https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95217 - Persian test in a 
webpage encoded as UTF-8 is corrupting.

Is it worthwhile having an optional component that runs a local webserver that can test out stuff 
like this?

Chris

> On 27 Jan 2016, at 8:33 PM, Giuseppe Castagno <giuseppe.castagno@acca-esse.eu> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> after the first very trivial test on WebDAV provider, I would like to implement the 'real' unit 
> tests with a server.
>
> The reason is obvious: in the end is with an external server that ucp.webdav will interact.
>
> This will permit to stimulate all the three layers the provider has (roughly: component layer, 
> session layer, interface library).
>
> A local test, e.g. without a server, can only test a very small part of the whole provider 
> operations.
>
> The test I'd like to implement is the normal run of tests I did manually so far:
>
> 1) load a file to a server and check if the file is locked;
> 2) close the file, check if unlocked;
> 3) try the open/edit/save operation and check if the file is still locked;
>
> more tests...
>
> Plus tests to stimulate the Web functionality (read data from Web), the extensions update 
> mechanism (that use webdav provider to read the new extension version information and get the new 
> extension if the user wishes so), etc...
>
> Because an external server is needed, this test cannot be run in normal build, should be run 
> manually from the test/developer instead.
> A dedicated make target should be implemented for that.
>
> Comments appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> -- 
> Kind Regards,
> Giuseppe Castagno aka beppec56
> Acca Esse http://www.acca-esse.eu
> giuseppe.castagno at acca-esse.eu
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