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-Testing components
-==================
-
-This chapter is a VERY ABSTRACT description of how testing is
-implemented in Taler, and in NO WAY wants to substitute the reading of
-the actual source code by the user.
-
-In Taler, a test case is a array of ``struct TALER_TESTING_Command``,
-informally referred to as ``CMD``, that is iteratively executed by the
-testing interpreter. This latter is transparently initiated by the
-testing library.
-
-However, the developer does not have to defined CMDs manually, but
-rather call the proper constructor provided by the library. For example,
-if a CMD is supposed to test feature ``x``, then the library would
-provide the ``TALER_TESTING_cmd_x ()`` constructor for it. Obviously,
-each constructor has its own particular arguments that make sense to
-test ``x``, and all constructor are thoroughly commented within the
-source code.
-
-Internally, each CMD has two methods: ``run ()`` and ``cleanup ()``. The
-former contains the main logic to test feature ``x``, whereas the latter
-cleans the memory up after execution.
-
-In a test life, each CMD needs some internal state, made by values it
-keeps in memory. Often, the test has to *share* those values with other
-CMDs: for example, CMD1 may create some key material and CMD2 needs this
-key material to encrypt data.
-
-The offering of internal values from CMD1 to CMD2 is made by *traits*. A
-trait is a ``struct TALER_TESTING_Trait``, and each CMD contains a array
-of traits, that it offers via the public trait interface to other
-commands. The definition and filling of such array happens transparently
-to the test developer.
-
-For example, the following example shows how CMD2 takes an amount object
-offered by CMD1 via the trait interface.
-
-Note: the main interpreter and the most part of CMDs and traits are
-hosted inside the exchange codebase, but nothing prevents the developer
-from implementing new CMDs and traits within other codebases.
-
-::
-
- /* Withouth loss of generality, let's consider the
- * following logic to exist inside the run() method of CMD1 */
- ..
-
- struct TALER_Amount *a;
- /**
- * the second argument (0) points to the first amount object offered,
- * in case multiple are available.
- */
- if (GNUNET_OK != TALER_TESTING_get_trait_amount_obj (cmd2, 0, &a))
- return GNUNET_SYSERR;
- ...
-
- use(a); /* 'a' points straight into the internal state of CMD2 */
-
-In the Taler realm, there is also the possibility to alter the behaviour
-of supposedly well-behaved components. This is needed when, for example,
-we want the exchange to return some corrupted signature in order to
-check if the merchant backend detects it.
-
-This alteration is accomplished by another service called *twister*. The
-twister acts as a proxy between service A and B, and can be programmed
-to tamper with the data exchanged by A and B.
-
-Please refer to the Twister codebase (under the ``test`` directory) in
-order to see how to configure it.
-
.. _Releases:
Releases