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Stateless session bean

Stateless session bean using JPA for persistence are most thoroughly testable outside a container without requiring the creation of mock objects

I don't understand this .

It seems to me , this is impossible. Stateless session bean can not live outside container ...how come then we test ? Also Test without creating any objects of the bean !

This is impossible ...is not it ? Can we really do it ?

Hegemon

It is just an annotated POJO so you don't need container to test.

cofactor

ASKER

>>>It is just an annotated POJO
which one ?
Stateful session bean live in EJB container.
>>>so you don't need container to test.
How you are going to test that ?
jakarta Logger will not work unless you deploy .
System.out.println will not work unless you deploy .
Not sure about Junit / EJB3 Interceptor though

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cofactor

ASKER

yea...its better now.

Could you please explain this part in your comment

>>>Write unit test as you would normally do for POJOs

did you mean to use Assert ? if you mean something else please enlighten me....thanks

Hegemon

Yes, normally you would use Asserts. Just usual unit test in which you instantiate your EJB classes as POJOs:

MyBean bean = new MyBeanImpl();

cofactor

ASKER

ok..that looks pretty good.

but look it says "without requiring the creation of mock objects"

umm....does it make any sense ? what this could mean....is it meaningful ?

>>MyBean bean = new MyBeanImpl();

you are really creating instances here to test.

Hegemon

Can you post the question in full ?

Yes, when you write a unit test, you are supposed to create the object you are testing ?