The Test Suite

Erbsland Configuration Language comes with an extensive test suite and test tools which allow you to test any parser implementation thoughtfully. If you like to have your parser listed in the implementations chapter, your parser must pass 100% of all tests for your parser-tier and the features your parser announces.

• Test File Structure
  • Test Naming Convention
    • Sequence Number
    • Outcome
    • Label
    • Suffix
  • Outcome Files
    • Passed Tests
    • Failed Tests
  • Directory Structure
    • Generated Tests
    • Human-Crafted Tests
    • Tests from Documentation Examples
• Writing a Test Adapter
  • Command Line Arguments
  • Return Codes
  • Output
• The Test Outcome Format
  • General Format
  • Failure Format
  • Passing Format
    • Format of the Name Path
      • Regular Paths
      • Section Lists
      • Value Lists
      • Text Names
      • Meta Values
    • Format of the Values
    • Order of the Values
    • Comparison of Values
  • Escaping of Text