From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2007-01-04T06:57:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem in Unit Testing Methods that start new threads

Hemant Kumar schrieb:
> I have a bit of doubt, in Unit Testing Programs that start new threads.
> Please have a look at the code below:
> (...)

Hemant, in addition to what the others said, it's not clear to me what 
you really want to test: whether a new thread is started, whether the 
instance variable changed after a certain amount of time, whether the 
instance variable changed at the end of the new thread, ...

I'm a fan of black box unit tests, so for me, the tests should specify 
what you expect from the *interface* of the object under test. I 
wouldn't test for values of certain instance variables or for threads 
created internally, unless those are part of the desired interface of 
your objects.

Regards,
Pit