Unit Testing of plugin code

Question

Has anyone used JUnit for writing automated unit test cases in Appian plugin code? I am aware of remote-debugging where we can connect Eclipse to JBoss for debugging purpose. But, it would be better if we could use JUnit to write some testcases.

Let me know if anyone has done so.

Carlos Santander · Answer

This might not be sufficient for your case, but one way to think about a plugin is as a two-piece component: the actual functionality and an integration layer. You can create jUnit tests for the functionality piece of the plugin (for example, communicating with an external service), but the integration layer would be tested by writing test rules/test process models in Appian.