[wsas-java-dev] Integrating smoke test with nightly build

[azeez at wso2.com]

One of the problems we are facing is that even though the WSAS nightly
build is successful, WSAS does not startup properly or doesn't behave as
expected i.e. it smokes when turned on. This was revealed by one of recent
JIRAs filed by Jonathan. The nightly builds may have some defects, but
should never smoke.

Therefore, we must have a set of smoke test scripts integrated with the
nightly build system. If all unit tests pass & the build is successful,
the smoke tests will be run against the build. Smoke test failure will
fire an alert. A nightly build which smokes should not be uploaded to the
nightly build repository. This is a best practice adopted by some of the
leading software engineering companies.

Charitha, please lead this effort in developing a set of smoke test
scripts for WSAS. You can start with a simple script that checks whether
there are any exceptions when WSAS is started up, and then gradually grow
this script. Once this is done for WSAS, we can also implement this for
other products.

-- Azeez