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Description
Flaky tests are common occurrences in open-source projects, yielding inconsistent results—sometimes passing and sometimes failing—without code changes. NonDex is a tool for detecting and debugging wrong assumptions on under-determined Java APIs. I have resolved a flaky test issue using NonDex tool, specifically in the ApplicationContextTest class located at
tiny-spring/src/test/java/us/codecraft/tinyioc/context/ApplicationContextTest.java
.Root cause
The root cause of the flakiness was related to access a field using getDeclaredField() with the name provided in propertyValue.getName(), but this field doesn't exist in the class of the bean working with. This results in a NoSuchFieldException.
Fix
This test has been resolved by handling NoSuchFieldException to guarantee there must be a valid field before accessing it using getDeclaredField().
This fix is significant because it eliminates the uncertain field names introduced by different beans, ensuring that the test consistently passes across different test runs. By doing so, we have improved the reliability and stability of our testing suite.
How to test
Java: openjdk version "11.0.20.1"
Maven: Apache Maven 3.6.3
if not set Java Home path:
add following lines into /etc/profile
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
and run
source /etc/profile
mvn install -pl . -am -DskipTests
mvn -pl . test -Dtest=us.codecraft.tinyioc.context.ApplicationContextTest#testPostBeanProcessor
mvn -pl . edu.illinois:nondex-maven-plugin:2.1.1:nondex -Dtest=us.codecraft.tinyioc.context.ApplicationContextTest#testPostBeanProcessor
After fix, all tests pass