Chapter 17. Testing database access
Dependency is the key problem in software development at all scales.... Eliminating duplication in programs eliminates dependency.
Kent Beck, Test-Driven Development: By Example
This chapter covers
- Challenges of database testing
- Introduction to DbUnit
- Advanced DbUnit techniques
- DbUnit best practices
The persistence layer (or, roughly speaking, the database access code) is undoubtedly one of the most important parts of any enterprise project. Despite its importance, the persistence layer is hard to unit test, mainly because of the following issues:
- Unit tests must exercise code in isolation; the persistence layer requires interaction with an external entity, the database.
- Unit tests must be easy to ...
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