TestKit and how to avoid a failing (or sucesful) test affecting the other tests

[Kostas kougios]

Hi,

I am having this issue where I sometimes "tell" different actors multiple messages and I want to test a single message, so I might have 1 expectMsg. But then, this affects the rest of the tests ,i.e. if the receiver is the testActor.

is there a way to "reset" TestKit for each test?

Thanks

(Note: i've asked a more detailed question similar to this but it is probably too complex and didn't get any answers yet)

[Martynas Mickevičius]

Hi Kostas,

I think that tools provided by ScalaTest for code reuse could help you. For example by overriding withFixture you can have a new instance of TestKit for every test.

I want to also mention that in carefully crafted tests cases sharing the same testActor can be helpful as well. In such case a not-expected message received by testActor would indicate a bug somewhere in the program.

Hope this helps.

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[Konstantinos Kougios]

Thanks Martynas, withFixture looks promising. I've managed to sort out my tests so far even with sharing TestKit but if I get into troubles again I will try it.

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