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Enterprise Library Test Guide
Table 1: Data Access Application Block Design Test Cases
Priority
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High
High
High
High
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High
High
Design test case
Verify that the database providers are extensible.
Verify that there is a consistent approach to creating any database provider, such as
a SQL Server database, Oracle database, or a generic database.
Verify that the application block supports database-specific features that are implemented
in the appropriate Database-derived class. For example, the SqlDatabase
class supports the ability to read data that is in XML format.
Verify that the application block supports the parameter discovery feature.
Verify that the ability to create the application block’s domain objects from configuration
data follows the Dependency Injection pattern.
Verify that the application block can retrieve configuration data from different
sources, such as an application configuration file, a database, or from memory.
Verify that the application block can manage database connections.
Verify that the instrumentation is implemented with loosely coupled events.
Verify that the design addresses situations that can cause exceptions and that the
application block logs the exceptions through the instrumentation.
After you identify the design issues, you should do the same for the code. Table 2
lists the test cases that the Data Access Application Block’s code must satisfy.
Table 2: Data Access Application Block Code Test Cases
Priority
High
High
High
High
High
High
High
High
High
Code test case
Verify that the DatabaseProviderFactory class creates a new Database-derived
instance for each request.
Verify that an assembler class that implements the IDatabaseAssembler interface
creates the Database-derived objects and injects the configuration object values
into those domain objects.
Verify that the application block uses performance counters to monitor database
operations when the performance counters are enabled.
Verify that the application block uses WMI and the event log to monitor errors during
database operations when WMI and the event log are enabled.
Verify that the connection string property is configurable and is implemented as a
connection string section that is supported by the .NET Framework.
Verify that the application block can use an instance name to create a Databasederived
object.
Verify that the application block can use a default instance name to create a Database-derived
object.
Verify that the application block exposes configuration properties for Oracle packages
as public and that they are configurable.
Verify that the application block caches parameter discovery information and then
retrieves it from the cache when it is required.