Comments on: Using Builders in Tests http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/testing/using-builders-in-tests/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:01:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/testing/using-builders-in-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Mark Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:52:14 +0000 http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/?p=90#comment-199 You can reduce a bit of boilerplate using a hashmap of field name to field values and pushing them into the object with reflection. You can reduce a bit of boilerplate using a hashmap of field name to field values and pushing them into the object with reflection.

]]> By: Pat http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/testing/using-builders-in-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Pat Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:26:46 +0000 http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/?p=90#comment-198 I definitely like builders (actually, builder + factory here as most builders normally don't have defaults) for the reasons you mention. However, I think it's more important to point out their value in highlighting what is <strong>different</strong> about this particular test. I definitely like builders (actually, builder + factory here as most builders normally don’t have defaults) for the reasons you mention.

However, I think it’s more important to point out their value in highlighting what is different about this particular test.

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