JUnit 5 Support [PAXEXAM-866]

[ops4j-issues]

Christoph Läubrich created PAXEXAM-866

Goals

Users can work with the junit-jupiter-api to write Pax Exam tests for all operation modes.

Pax Exam uses JUnit 5 extensions and/or a custom test engine to support this.

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Fixed in: 5.0.0
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[splatch]

I did have a look on some of JUnit 5 APIs and made over Christmas some experiments to see how hard it is to bring a new extension. It turns that it might be simpler than JUnit 4 as there are more places to hook an extension. Question is - how far are changes expected to come with exam 5 given last concepts in this area are 5 years old: https://ops4j1.jira.com/wiki/spaces/PAXEXAM4/pages/133333475/Pax+Exam+5+Vision

CC @hwellmann @grgrzybek @laeubi

[laeubi]

Question is - how far are changes expected to come with exam 5

I must confess that I think Exam5 is nearly dead and will most probably never be released. I put a lot of effort in it a few years back but now have no immediate need for it and none of my customers is interested in it right now, so the "Vision" got a bit lost over the years...

But if you like to revive it I think you should go on, if exam 5 is crucial to your business you can also contact me to enter a contract for modernize/update it.

If you just want to test OSGi applications, I recently started a more lightweight approach here:

• https://github.com/laeubisoft/osgi-test-framework

(you can find an example here: ops4j/org.ops4j.pax.jdbc#273)

[splatch]

Question is - how far are changes expected to come with exam 5

I must confess that I think Exam5 is nearly dead and will most probably never be released. I put a lot of effort in it a few years back but now have no immediate need for it and none of my customers is interested in it right now, so the "Vision" got a bit lost over the years...

I think its sign of time, rise of test containers made pax-exam and arquillian less attractive given not that low entry point for both. I can definitely see a point in some of Exam 5 goals, especially that design and consistency of Options across implemented containers is small or non-existent.

But if you like to revive it I think you should go on, if exam 5 is crucial to your business you can also contact me to enter a contract for modernize/update it.
If you just want to test OSGi applications, I recently started a more lightweight approach

I'll try first to experiment with test container and see how it will go. It works with junit 5 out of the box and all I need is access to REST interface of deployed application.