The JavaTest harness (or jtreg) is a regression tests framework specifically designed by

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to test the reference

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implementation. Although jtreg was originally designed to execute

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(TCK) compliance tests, it is not designed to check compliance of a particular Java implementation to the specification, but to test any regressions suite for the

History

jtreg started in 1997, during JDK 1.2 development. Being developed prior to

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existence, jtreg was initially not compatible with JUnit's test syntax, but later versions added a limited compatibility with JUnit.

Use in OpenJDK

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, the

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implementation of the

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encourages the use of jtreg tests for patch submissions.

References

External links

jtreg FAQ
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History

Use in OpenJDK

See also

References

External links