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==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==

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SWTBot Users Guide

Note that this page is for first time users. Advanced Users click here.

Introduction

SWTBot is an open-source Java based functional testing tool for testing SWT and Eclipse based applications.

SWTBot provides APIs that are simple to read and write. The APIs also hide the complexities involved with SWT and Eclipse. This makes it suitable for functional testing by everyone. SWTBot also provides its own set of assertions that are useful for SWT. You can also use your own assertion framework with SWTBot.

SWTBot can record and playback tests and integrates with Eclipse, and also provides for ant tasks so that you can run your builds from within CruiseControl or any other CI tool that you use.

SWTBot can run on all platforms that SWT runs on. Very few other testing tools provide such a wide variety of platforms.

Quick Start

A Screencast

Videos speak louder than pictures and words put together:

Creating A Project

Create a new project by clicking on File>New>Project. On the New Project Dialog, search for "plug-in", select New Plug-in Project and click Next. Create a new plugin project named org.eclipsecon.swtbot.example.

Swtbot-create-project.gif

Configuration

  • Add the following to your classpath:
  org.eclipse.swtbot.eclipse.finder
  org.eclipse.swtbot.finder
  org.eclipse.swtbot.junit4_x
  org.hamcrest
  org.apache.commons.collections
  org.junit4
  org.apache.log4j

Swtbot-setup-dependencies.gif

Getting started with SWTBot

SWTBot requires that tests run on a non-UI thread. If you run tests on the UI thread, they will eventually block the UI at some point in time. More info on this behavior available in the FAQ.

Getting started with SWTBot for Eclipse Plugins

To use SWTBot along with your eclipse plugin application you have to add the below plugins to your dependencies. You can download the example from the swtbot download site http://download.eclipse.org/technology/swtbot/docs/eclipsecon2009/examples.zip.

Now you can start using SWTBot. Below you can find a sample SWTBot testcase:

package org.eclipsecon.swtbot.example;
 
import org.eclipse.swtbot.eclipse.finder.SWTEclipseBot;
import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.junit.SWTBotJunit4ClassRunner;
import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.widgets.SWTBotShell;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@RunWith(SWTBotJunit4ClassRunner.class)
public class MyFirstTest {
 
	private static SWTEclipseBot	bot;
 
	@BeforeClass
	public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {
		bot = new SWTEclipseBot();
		bot.view("Welcome").close();
	}
 
 
	@Test
	public void canCreateANewJavaProject() throws Exception {
		bot.menu("File").menu("New").menu("Project...").click();
 
		SWTBotShell shell = bot.shell("New Project");
		shell.activate();
		bot.tree().select("Java Project");
		bot.button("Next >").click();
 
		bot.textWithLabel("Project name:").setText("MyFirstProject");
 
		bot.button("Finish").click();
		// FIXME: assert that the project is actually created, for later
	}
 
 
	@AfterClass
	public static void sleep() {
		bot.sleep(2000);
	}
 
}

Executing SWTBot Tests for Eclipse Plugins

Now that you've written the great test that you'd always wanted to, lets now see it run. In order to run the test, right click on the test and select Run As > SWTBot Test

Run-as-option.jpg

Select the application that you want to test

Run-as-config-options.jpg

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