OpenSAML user discussion

[Brent Putman <>]

Kenny Pearce wrote:
> Hi again,
>         I just downloaded the latest xmltooling into Eclipse 3.3 with the 
> Maven
> integration plugin version 0.9, and when I try to run the "package" goal
> I get a bunch of errors. To be precise: 54 failures and 10 errors occur
> in the junit tests (but compile is fine). Most of the errors are similar
> to this one:
>
> junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: Unable to retrieve unmarshaller by
> DOM Element
>         at junit.framework.Assert.fail(Assert.java:47)
>         at
> org.opensaml.xml.XMLObjectBaseTestCase.unmarshallElement(XMLObjectBaseTestCase.java:150)
>         at
> org.opensaml.xml.encryption.ChainingEncryptedKeyResolverTest.testEmptyChain(ChainingEncryptedKeyResolverTest.java:47)
>   


Yes, there is some issue with the tests failing when using the 
equivalent of 'mvn test' or one of the phases that implies that.   I 
have traced it to some weird and perplexing classloading and resource 
issuse that affects the way that providers are loaded when the tests are 
run.  No resolution yet.

Will just made the Maven conversion yesterday, but he's out today I 
think, hopefully we should be get it figured out soon. 

Outside of the Maven environment, all tests currently pass 100% 
successfully in all 3 projects (xmltooling, openws, opensaml2).  It's 
not the tests themselves, it's the Maven environment.

You can bypass the tests by using -D args as specified here, that will 
at least let you package successfully:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-test.html


>         
>         There are also some PKIX/signature/security exceptions in the Maven
> output, but the tests involved say they succeeded.
>   

Those are from tests which are testing expected failure conditions, so 
things logged at ERROR level and exception output are expected.  If the 
test says it passes, then it passed (e.g. the code failed in the 
expected manner).  Nothing to worry about.


>         Are there additional requirements for building in maven that are not
> yet listed on the web-site?
>   


Not that I know of, but Will is our Maven expert.

Which Maven plugin are you using?  The one that I know Will and I are 
using is the latest version of:
http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org/

Don't know if that's the one you meant you were using.

For what it's worth the tests that fail via 'mvn test' do pass when I 
run them individually in Eclipse.  But the Eclipse environment, even 
with the plugin, apparently sets up the environment completely different 
from the way command-line mvn does.  At least the way things are 
currently configured, we may have some tweaking to do.

--Brent