Ubuntu Manpage: jtreg - Regression Test Harness

NAME

       jtreg - Regression Test Harness

DESCRIPTION

Documentation Options

Options for additional documentation

-h [words...] | -help [words...] | -usage [words...]
Command line help. Give words to see help info containing those or use "-help all" to see all
available help.

-n | -relnote
Release notes

-onlineHelp [words...]
Show the online help. You can also show the online help from the desktop Help menu.

-t | -tagspec
Tag specification supported by this implementation

-version
Give information about the version of jtreg in use.

General Options

-allowSetSecurityManager | -allowSetSecurityManager:<boolean-value>
Allow sameVM tests to set a security manager. Default is "yes" if option not given or no value
given for option.

yes Allow sameVM tests to set a security manager

no Do not allow sameVM tests to set a security manager

on Allow sameVM tests to set a security manager

off Do not allow sameVM tests to set a security manager

true Allow sameVM tests to set a security manager

false Do not allow sameVM tests to set a security manager

-c | -check
Verify correctness of test descriptions. Does NOT run tests.

-dir:<dir>
Specify a base directory for test files and directories

-e:name[=value][,name[=value]...]
Specify additional environment variables to be passed to each test. If a value is not given for a
name, the current value of the environment variable will be used. Standard environment variables,
like DISPLAY, LANG, windir, SystemRoot, etc, will automatically be given to each test, if they are
set in the current environment.

-g | -gui
Access regression extensions via the standard JavaTest harness gui

-ignore:<value>
Specify how to handle tests containing an @ignore tag.

quiet Completely ignore such tests.

error (Default.) Execute the actions up to the @ignore tag, then give an "Error" result.

run Run the test, as though the @ignore tag were not present.

-noignore
suppress the effect of any @ignore tags, allowing the test to proceed as if the @ignore tags were
not present. Deprecated: see the -ignore option.

-nr | -noreport
Do not generate a final report.

-o:<classname> | -observer:<classname>
Specifies the class to observe the progress of a test suite; the class must implement a specific
interface; contact a developer for details. E.g. -o:SampleRegressionObserver

-od:<path> | -observerDir:<path> | -op:<path> | -observerPath:<path>
Specifies the pathname of a directory or .JAR file in which the observer class is located. The
given pathname is simply appended to the CLASSPATH used for the tests, thus care should be taken
when naming an observer not to collide with the names of classes internal to the JavaTest harness
or the JRE, e.g., put the observer class in its own named package.

-r:<directory> | -reportDir:<directory>
All report files placed here; "./JTreport" is default

-retain | -retain:<pass,fail,error,all,file-pattern>,...
Specify files to be retained after each test completes executing. If -retain is not specified,
only the files from the last test executed will be retained. If -retain is specified with no
argument, all files will be retained. Otherwise, the files may be described by one or more of the
following values:

none Do not retain any of the files generated by each test

pass Retain files generated by tests that pass

fail Retain files generated by tests that fail

error Retain files generated by tests that caused an error

all Retain all files generated by each test

file-pattern
Retain files that match a specific filename. The name may contain '*' to match any sequence of
characters. For example, result.* or *.err.

-ro | -reportOnly
Generate report for previously executed tests. This does not re-run any tests. A work directory
containing the results of the executed tests must be provided. The default location is "./JTwork".
To specify an alternate directory, use -workDir.

-startHttpd
Start the http server to view test results

-timeout:<number> | -timeoutFactor:<number>
A scaling factor to extend the default timeout of all tests. Typically used when running on slow
file systems.

-w:<directory> | -workDir:<directory>
Location for .class files, .jtr files, etc. "./JTwork" is default

JDK-related Options

By default, tests will be run using the default JVM in the test JDK. You can pass all applicable
JVM options via using -vmoption; in addition, most common JVM options are also supported directly.
For full details of any option, consult the documentation for that version of the JDK, or try
using "java -help" or "java -X". If an option is not applicable to a particular platform or JDK
release, it will be rejected.

-agentlib:<libname><[=<options>]
Load native agent library

-agentpath:<pathname><[=<options>]
Load native agent library by full pathname

-compilejdk:<java.home>
Compile all tests using specified JDK. If not specified, tests are compiled with the JDK used to
run the tests. See also -jdk. e.g. -jdk:/usr/local/java/jdk1.5/solaris-sparc

-cpa:<path> | -classpathappend:<path>
Append the provided classPath to the CLASSPATH of every test. This is designed to be used
primarily for tests which require non-core JDK functionality. For example, to test Swing, which is
not part of core JDK1.1, the following addition to the the CLASSPATH would be necessary:
-cpa:/usr/local/java/swing-1.0.3/swingall.jar

-D<name>=<value>
Define a system property

-disableassertions:* | -da | -da:*
Enable or disable assertions

-enablesystemassertions | -esa | -disablesystemassertions | -dsa
Enable or disable system assertions

-javaagent:<jarpath><[=<options>]
Load Java programming language agent

-javacoption:<option>
Additional compiler option. You can give this option multiple times. Any embedded filenames must
be given with absolute paths.

-javacoptions:<option>...
Additional compiler options. You can give this option multiple times, or give many values
together, separated by spaces. If you give multiple values, you may need to enclose them in
quotes, depending on the shell you use. Any embedded filenames must be given with absolute paths.
Warning: do not use this form if any of the options has an argument such as a filename that might
contain spaces. In that case, use one or more -javacoption options instead.

-javaoption:<option>
Additional java option for running test classes. You can give this option multiple times. Any
embedded filenames must be given with absolute paths. See also -vmoption.

-javaoptions:<option>...
Additional java options for running test classes. You can give this option multiple times, or give
many values together, separated by spaces. If you give multiple values, you may need to enclose
them in quotes, depending on the shell you use. Any embedded filenames must be given with absolute
paths. Warning: do not use this form if any of the options has an argument such as a filename that
might contain spaces. In that case, use one or more -javaoption options instead. See also
-vmoptions.

-jdk:<java.home> | -testjdk:<java.home>
Run all tests using specified JDK. e.g. -jdk:/usr/local/java/jdk1.5/solaris-sparc

-jit Enable the JIT for the tests. The JIT is turned on by default.

-nojit Disable the JIT for the tests.

-vmoption:<option>
Any other VM option. You can give this option multiple times. Any embedded filenames must be given
with absolute paths. This option will be used when compiling and running classes. See also
-javaoption.

-vmoptions:<option>...
Any other VM options. You can give this option multiple times, or give many values together,
separated by spaces. If you give multiple values, you may need to enclose them in quotes,
depending on the shell you use. Any embedded filenames must be given with absolute paths. Warning:
do not use this form if any of the options has an argument such as a filename that might contain
spaces. In that case, use one or more -vmption options instead. This option will be used when
compiling and running classes. See also -javaoptions.

-X* Non-standard VM Options.

-Xbootclasspath/a:<path>
Append to end of bootstrap class pat

-Xbootclasspath/p:<path>
Prepend in front of bootstrap class path

-Xbootclasspath:<path>
Set search path for bootstrap classes and resources

-Xint* | -Xmixed* | -Xcomp*
Non-standard VM Options

-Xrunjcov*
Options for running jcov

-XX* | -Xms* | -Xmx*
Non-standard VM Options

Test Mode Options

When the JavaTest harness is used to run tests, two possibly different versions of the JDK are
used: the JDK version used to run the harness and the JDK version used to run the test(s). The
following options provide a means to specify the JDK version used to run the tests. The default is
to use the same JDK version (provided by JAVA_HOME) for both the harness and the tests, and for
each test to run in its own JVM.

-avm | -agentvm
Run tests using a pool of reusable JVMs.

-ovm | -othervm
Run every test in its own JVM. The JDK version for the tests may be specified via the -testjdk
option. If not provided, then the JDK version specified by the JAVA_HOME environment variable will
be used.

-s | -svm | -samevm
If possible, run each test in the same JVM as the JavaTest harness. The JDK version used may be
specified with -testjdk. If -testjdk is not provided, then the JDK version will be determined by
the environment variable JT_JAVA if it is set. Otherwise, the environment variable JAVA_HOME is
used.

Test Selection Options

These options can be used to refine the set of tests to be executed.

-a | -automatic | -automagic
Any test with /manual will not be run

-bug:<bugid>
Run only those tests which apply to the given bugid.

-exclude:<file> | -Xexclude:<file>
Provide a file specifying tests not to be run

-k:<keywordExpr> | -keywords:<keywordExpr>
A keyword boolean expression for test selection. The expression can contain keyword names,
combined with & (and), | (or), ! (not) and parentheses.

-m | -manual
Only tests with /manual will be run

-noshell
Any tests which contain shell actions will not be run

-shell Only tests which contain shell actions will be run

-status:<value>,...
Select tests according to their result in an earlier run. The value can be one or more of the
following values, separated by commas.

pass Tests that passed

fail Tests that failed

notRun Tests that have not been run

error Tests that could not be run because of errors, or tests that were ignored

Verbose Options

These options control the amount of output written to the console while running tests

-v | -v:<value> | -verbose | -verbose:<value>
Increase the amount of output written to the console. A value, or selected combinations of values
separated by commas, may be given to select the type of output desired.

default
Three lines of output per test: start, end, status

summary
One line of output per test: status, test name

all Selected contents of JTR file for all tests (includes stdout/stderr)

pass Selected contents of JTR file for passed tests

fail Selected contents of JTR file for failed tests

error Selected contents of JTR file for errored tests

nopass Suppress output for tests that passed

time Elapsed time per action

-v1 Short for -verbose:summary

-va Short for -verbose:all

-ve Short for -verbose:error

-vf Short for -verbose:fail

-vp Short for -verbose:pass

-vt Short for -verbose:time

For more details and examples, see the online help. You can access this directly from the command line
with "-onlineHelp <word>...", or you can start the JavaTest harness and use the Help menu.

jtreg can also be run with Ant. See the online help for details. For example, use the "-onlineHelp ant"
command line option.

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