Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. How to disable single attribute in tests?
  2. How to escape special characters in test property names?
  3. Howto list and control presence of required JAR files for the connector?
  4. How to set up TestHelpers -- the unit test dataprovider?

Frequently Asked Questions

How to disable single attribute in tests?

For instance we want to disable sending FIRSTNAME attribute of __ACCOUNT__ objectclass in CreateApiOpTests: 

    import org.identityconnectors.test.common.ObjectNotFoundException
    Create.__ACCOUNT__.FIRSTNAME = new ObjectNotFoundException()
How to escape special characters in test property names?

Property names containing special characters (invalid Java identifiers), such as @, - etc. should be escaped. For example, testsuite. "name-with-dash " . Property names, however, cannot start with the escaped part( name-with-dash in this case).

Howto list and control presence of required JAR files for the connector?

Contract tests can control the presence of required classes on Classpath. If the JAR is missing the error message will show the error message containing the name of missing JAR file.

Example: 

    testsuite.requiredClasses = [
        'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver' : 'Connector/J  5.0.8 (mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar)',
        'com.foo.bar' : 'foo-bar-1.1.jar'
        //...
        // 'class name' : 'text description of JAR containing the class'
    ]
How to set up TestHelpers -- the unit test dataprovider?

In Eclipse IDE you should add a 'linked resource' called USER_HOME, that will point to your home directory.