Can You Create Tests without Using a Common Test

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Can You Create Tests without Using a Common Test Fixture?

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Can You Create Tests without Using a Common Test Fixture?

Of course, the answer to this question is YES. Here is a example:

import org.junit.*; 
import java.util.*;

// by FYICenter.com
public class GregorianCalendarTest1 {

 // testing roll(Calendar.DAY, true) method
 @Test public void nextDayNewYear() {

  // creating the test fixture
  GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
  cal.set(2008, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59);
  
  // testing starts
  cal.roll(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, true);
  Assert.assertEquals("Next day of 31-Dec-2008 is year 2009", 
     2009, cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
  }

 // testing roll(Calendar.DAY, true) method
 @Test public void nextDayNewMonth() {

  // creating the test fixture
  GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
  cal.set(2008, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59);
  
  // testing starts
  cal.roll(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, true);
  Assert.assertEquals("Next day of 31-Dec-2008 is January",
     0, cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
  }
}

Obviously, two tests in this test class are using the same test fixture. It should be moved out of the test methods. See the next question.

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