edu.rice.cs.util
Class ReaderWriterLockTest

java.lang.Object
  junit.framework.Assert
      junit.framework.TestCase
          edu.rice.cs.drjava.DrJavaTestCase
              edu.rice.cs.util.ReaderWriterLockTest

All Implemented Interfaces:

Test

public class ReaderWriterLockTest
extends DrJavaTestCase

Attempts to test the correctness of the ReaderWriterLock class, which allows multiple reader and writer threads to safely access a shared resource. (Multiple readers can be active at a time, but only one writer can be active, during which time no readers can be active.) This can be difficult to test because there is little control over how the threads are actually scheduled.

Version:

$Id: ReaderWriterLockTest.java 4447 2008-04-18 16:06:34Z rcartwright $

Nested Class Summary

class	ReaderWriterLockTest.PrintCommand Command pattern class to print to a buffer.
class	ReaderWriterLockTest.PrinterReaderThread A ReaderThread which repeatedly prints to a buffer.
class	ReaderWriterLockTest.PrinterWriterThread A WriterThread which repeatedly prints to a buffer.
class	ReaderWriterLockTest.ReaderThread A reader thread.
class	ReaderWriterLockTest.WriterThread A writer thread.

Field Summary

protected ReaderWriterLock

_lock

Fields inherited from class edu.rice.cs.drjava.DrJavaTestCase

TEST_DRJAVA_CONFIG_PROPERTY

Constructor Summary

ReaderWriterLockTest()

Method Summary

void	setUp() Creates a new lock for the tests.
void	testCannotReadInAWrite() Ensure that a writing thread cannot perform a read.
void	testCannotWriteInARead() Ensure that a reading thread cannot perform a write.
void	testCannotWriteInAWrite() Ensure that a writing thread cannot perform an additional write.
void	testMultipleReaders() Tests that multiple readers can run without causing deadlock.
void	testMultipleReadersAndWriters() We would like to test the following schedule.
void	testMultipleWriters() Tests that multiple writers run in mutually exclusive intervals without causing deadlock.
void	testReaderMultipleReads() Ensure that a single thread can perform multiple reads.

Methods inherited from class edu.rice.cs.drjava.DrJavaTestCase

setConfigSetting, setDocText, tearDown

Methods inherited from class junit.framework.TestCase

countTestCases, createResult, getName, run, run, runBare, runTest, setName, toString

Methods inherited from class junit.framework.Assert

assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertFalse, assertFalse, assertNotNull, assertNotNull, assertNotSame, assertNotSame, assertNull, assertNull, assertSame, assertSame, assertTrue, assertTrue, fail, fail, failNotEquals, failNotSame, failSame, format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_lock

protected ReaderWriterLock _lock

Constructor Detail

ReaderWriterLockTest

public ReaderWriterLockTest()

Method Detail

setUp

public void setUp()
           throws Exception

Creates a new lock for the tests.

Overrides:

setUp in class DrJavaTestCase

Throws:

Exception - This convention is mandated by JUnit.TestCase, the superclass of this class.

testMultipleReaders

public void testMultipleReaders()
                         throws InterruptedException

Tests that multiple readers can run without causing deadlock. We can't really impose any ordering on their output.

Throws:

InterruptedException

testMultipleWriters

public void testMultipleWriters()
                         throws InterruptedException

Tests that multiple writers run in mutually exclusive intervals without causing deadlock.

Throws:

InterruptedException

testReaderMultipleReads

public void testReaderMultipleReads()
                             throws InterruptedException

Ensure that a single thread can perform multiple reads.

Throws:

InterruptedException

testCannotWriteInARead

public void testCannotWriteInARead()

Ensure that a reading thread cannot perform a write.

testCannotWriteInAWrite

public void testCannotWriteInAWrite()

Ensure that a writing thread cannot perform an additional write.

testCannotReadInAWrite

public void testCannotReadInAWrite()

Ensure that a writing thread cannot perform a read.

testMultipleReadersAndWriters

public void testMultipleReadersAndWriters()
                                   throws InterruptedException

We would like to test the following schedule.

 W1 |***********|
 W2   |..........*****|
 R1     |..............********|
 R2       |............****|
 W3         |...................***|
 R3           |.....................****|
 R4                |................*******|
 R5                                   |***|
 

Key: "." means waiting, "*" means running This is next to impossible to set up in Java. What we'd really like is a unit-testing framework that allows us to easily specify such a schedule in a test. (Conveniently, Corky Cartwright has applied for a Texas ATP grant to develop just such a framework.) So, instead, we'll just set up these threads, let them run, and enforce that no one interferes with output from a writer.

Throws:

InterruptedException