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Unit testing is a testing methodology by which a software system is split in elementary units and each unit is tested in isolation and independently from other units. A unit could be an entire module, a class or a single method or procedure.

The [[ETICS|ETICS]] build system gives the possibility of running automatically [http://www.junit.org/ Junit] Testsuites during the build process. The ETICSJunitPlugin (further explained [https://web.infn.it/etics-support/index.php/resources/24-guidelines/140-etics-test-plugins here]) is capable of finding and executing Junit Testsuites in gCube components home directories. Reports generated are published along with other build reports.


ETICSJunitPlugin is driven by following properties that [[Role Developer|developers]] can customize in ETICS configuration of their gCube component:
* '''junit.lib.location''': Directory containing the external libraries (JAR files) required to execute the test. Default is ''${src.location}/lib'' or if not present ''${src.location}/endorsed'' or again ''${stageDir}/share/java''
* '''unit.jars.location''': Directory containing the (non-test) JAR files of the application, if available. Default is ''${src.location}/jars''  or if not present ''${src.location}/build/jars''
* '''junit.test.class''': Fully qualified name of the Unit Test class to execute. Deafult is All tests in ''junit.test.location'' 
* '''junit.test.location''': Root of the directory structure where the compiled Java test and .class are placed. Default is ''${src.location}/test/classes'' or if not present ''${src.location}/build/classes-test''


At the moment, junit plugin is not executed during [[Continuous Integration procedure|integration builds]] for performance issues. [[Role Developer|Developers]] can still run their Junit Testsuites submitting builds from the ETICS Portal. 

'''Please note''' that ETICS will only execute Testsuites found after the component's check out from the SVN. Therefore, [[Role Developer|developers]] are responsible for committing Testsuites in the source code repository along with their component's code.