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Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plug-Ins
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Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plug-Ins

by Erich Gamma, Kent Beck
October 2003
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
8h 1m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 7. Displaying the Results

We left the last chapter having invoked the tests. In this chapter, we will

  • Design the protocol for collecting test results

  • Outline what it takes to actually run the tests

  • Display the test results

How are we going to display the results? The JUnit plug-in class should know nothing about how results are displayed. So, what if the plug-in class broadcasts the results of tests that are running?

The Observer pattern is useful when you have loosely coupled communication patterns:

  • You don't care in what order the receivers receive the messages.

  • You don't have to return any results to the sender.

  • You don't know a priori how many objects will want to receive the message (see Figure 7.1).

    Figure 7.1. One Subject Notifies Several ...

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