We are excited to announce a major version release of TestBox version 4.0.0. To install just use CommandBox: install testbox --saveDev or to update your TestBox installation update testbox. So let's explore this release:
What's New With 4.0.0
TestBox 4.0.0 is a major release. It has compatibility changes that you should be aware of and lots of good features!
Compatibility
The major compatibility issues are the engine support removals:
- Lucee 4.5 Support Dropped
- Adobe ColdFusion 11 Dropped
Updating
It is easy to update, just type update testbox and you are done!
Major Features
TestBox Output Utilities
Sometimes you need to dump something that is in the CFC you are testing or maybe an asynchronous test. The debug() method is only accessible from your test bundle, so getting to the TestBox output utilities is not easy. We have now implemented the testing utilities into the request scope as request.testbox
This utility struct provides you with the following methods:
| Method | Comment |
|---|---|
console() | Send output to the console |
debug() | Send output to the TestBox reporter debugger |
clearDebugBuffer() | Clear the debugger |
print() | Send output to the ColdFusion output buffer |
printLn() | Same as print() but adding a <br> separator |
This way in your code you can add them for better debugging, especially when testing async code:
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request.testbox.console( "I am here" )request.testbox.debug( "why is this not running" ) |
Mocking Data
We have included MockDataCFC as a dependency to TestBox 4. This will allow you to mock not only objects but data as well. You can access the mocking method via the new mockData() method in all your specs. This feature is a life-saver when mocking APIs or data within your applications.
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# Array of objectsvar data = mockData( $num = 3, "author" = "name", "id" = "uuid");# An objectvar data = mockData( $returnType = "struct", "author" = "name", "id" = "uuid"); |
Let's imagine the following object graph:
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Author Has Many Books Has Many Categories Has Keywords Has A Publisher |
I can then use this mocking DSL to define it:
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mockData( fullName = "name", description = "sentence", age = "age", id = "uuid", createdDate = "datetime", isActive = "oneof:true: false", // one to many complex object definitions books = [ { $num = "rand:1: 3", "id" = "uuid", "title" = "words:1: 5", "categories" = { "$num" = "2", "id" = "uuid", "category" = "words" } } ], // object definition publisher = { "id" = "uuid", "name" = "sentence" }, // array of values keywords = [ { "$num" = "rand:1: 10", "$type" = "words" } ]); |
More information here: https://www.forgebox.io/view/mockdatacfc
Release Notes
Bugs
- [TESTBOX-275] - Exception in
beforeTests/afterTestsnot reported in a meaningful way on the ANT Junit Reporter - [TESTBOX-278] - Fix the coverage % in HTML visualizer
New Features
- [TESTBOX-274] - New testbox output utilities struct: request.testbox
- [TESTBOX-276] - MockdataCFC is now a first class module in TestBox
- [TESTBOX-277] - New mockData() method in your base specs so you can mock any type of data
- [TESTBOX-280] - Add cfconfig.json for controlling output and consistency between testing in diff engines
Tasks
- [TESTBOX-271] - Drop ACF11 Support
- [TESTBOX-273] - Drop old mxunit decorator for ORM Transaction Decorator
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