rsms/gotalk

Protocol test suite

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#5 opened on Feb 26, 2015

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I am writing a Swift client for GoTalk and it would be excellent if there were a protocol test suite available. I have the base protocol written, but verifying correctness is a matter of trial and error.

I may tackle this myself, but thought I'd file an issue to gather thoughts first.

I imagined a data-driven suite would probably be most useful for different language implementations. Perhaps something where an implementation can load a JSON file (or whatever) and playback simulated communications with a server or client.

Thoughts?

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Review the existing GoTalk protocol implementation and understand the message format. Look at the JSON serialization used and design a set of test cases covering typical client server interactions. Consider creating a simple data driven test harness that loads JSON files and replays communication.
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go
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testing
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