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Re: What is the ???standard??? when using a constant in several unit tests

From Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: What is the ???standard??? when using a constant in several unit tests
Date 2017-08-20 12:21 +0200
Organization Decebal Computing
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leif.roar@dimnakorr.com writes:

> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> wrote:
>> I have several test classes that have the following constant:
>>     private static final String TEST_DB = "testDB.sqlite";
>> 
>> Is this the way to do it, or should it be put centrally?
>> 
>
> Well, that depends. Are the test classes written specifically
> for this database, or are they written for a generic database?
>
> If it's the latter, it makes more sense to put it centrally,
> and if it's the latter it makes more sense to leave it in 
> place.

It was the latter, but I am probably going to rewrite my tests.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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What is the ‘standard’ when using a constant in several unit tests Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-19 19:37 +0200
  Re: What is the ‘standard’ when using a constant in several unit tests Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-19 21:36 +0200
    Re: What is the ‘standard’ when using a constant in several unit tests Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-19 20:07 -0400
      Re: What is the ‘standard’ when using a constant in several unit tests Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-20 04:43 +0200
  Re: What is the ‘standard’ when using a constant in several unit tests Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-19 20:03 -0400
  Re: What is the ???standard??? when using a constant in several unit tests leif.roar@dimnakorr.com - 2017-08-20 04:36 -0500
    Re: What is the ???standard??? when using a constant in several unit tests Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-20 12:21 +0200
  What is the ‘standard’ when using a constant in several unit tests lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-08-20 09:46 -0700
    Re: What is the ‘standard’ when using a constant in several unit tests Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-20 13:12 -0400

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