WebDAV provider tests: how about interacting with a server?

[Chris Sherlock]

This is pretty cool :-)

I’ve currently got an odd issue with Calc not detecting the content-encoding via the WebDAV layer in bug 95217 - https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95217 - Persian test in a webpage encoded as UTF-8 is corrupting.

Is it worthwhile having an optional component that runs a local webserver that can test out stuff like this?

Chris

> On 27 Jan 2016, at 8:33 PM, Giuseppe Castagno <giuseppe.castagno at acca-esse.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> after the first very trivial test on WebDAV provider, I would like to implement the 'real' unit tests with a server.
> 
> The reason is obvious: in the end is with an external server that ucp.webdav will interact.
> 
> This will permit to stimulate all the three layers the provider has (roughly: component layer, session layer, interface library).
> 
> A local test, e.g. without a server, can only test a very small part of the whole provider operations.
> 
> The test I'd like to implement is the normal run of tests I did manually so far:
> 
> 1) load a file to a server and check if the file is locked;
> 2) close the file, check if unlocked;
> 3) try the open/edit/save operation and check if the file is still locked;
> 
> more tests...
> 
> Plus tests to stimulate the Web functionality (read data from Web), the extensions update mechanism (that use webdav provider to read the new extension version information and get the new extension if the user wishes so), etc...
> 
> Because an external server is needed, this test cannot be run in normal build, should be run manually from the test/developer instead.
> A dedicated make target should be implemented for that.
> 
> Comments appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> -- 
> Kind Regards,
> Giuseppe Castagno aka beppec56
> Acca Esse http://www.acca-esse.eu
> giuseppe.castagno at acca-esse.eu
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