Re: [sca-assembly] Conformance tests rely on vendor-specific version of theOASIS Java APIs

[Mike Edwards <mike_edwards@uk.ibm.com>]

Logged as: http://www.osoa.org/jira/browse/ASSEMBLY-210


Yours,  Mike.

Strategist - Emerging Technologies, SCA & SDO.
Co Chair OASIS SCA Assembly TC.
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From:	Jim Marino <jim.marino@gmail.com>
To:	OASIS Assembly <sca-assembly@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date:	11/01/2010 18:17
Subject:	[sca-assembly] Conformance tests rely on vendor-specific version of the OASIS Java APIs

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TARGET: SCA Assembly Conformance Tests

DESCRIPTION:

The current conformance tests rely on a Tuscany jar containing  
Tuscany's version of the OASIS spec APIs. The conformance tests should
 
by default use a sanctioned OASIS jar. Besides being more appropriate,
 
the dependence on Tuscany jars also introduces a practical issue of  
how to upgrade the conformance tests when breaking API changes are  
introduced. As it currently stands, in order to introduce non- 
compatible API changes in the conformance tests, Tuscany must first  
update their version of the API jar. Given that the Tuscany runtime  
likely compiles against the runtime API jar, this probably means the  
conformance tests cannot be updated with API changes until the Tuscany
 
runtime can first compile against them.


SVN Version: 426

PROPOSAL:

There are several simple solutions to the problem that do not require  
OASIS publishing a Maven artifact for the spec APIs, although that is  
probably the best long-term solution:

1. Include a version of the spec APIs in the conformance test build as
 
a separate Maven module
2. Include a precompiled version of the spec API jar in the  
conformance test SVN repo and create a Maven module that calls out to  
an Ant script to install the jar in the local Maven repository on the  
test runner machine
3. Include a Maven module that calls out to an Ant script to download  
the OASIS jar from an OASIS URL and stall the jar in the local Maven  
repository on the test runner machine

I can provide implementations of #2 and #3 if desired.



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