Loading json into my unit test from a text file - json

Question

I am working in AEM trying to get create txt files with JSON output so that I can load them into my unit test as strings and test my model / model processors. So far I have this...
public String readFile(String path, Charset encoding) throws IOException
{
byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path));
return new String(encoded, encoding);
}
private String sampleInput = readFile("/test/resources/map/sample-
input.txt",Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
I need sampleInput to take the json that is in 'sampleInput.txt' and convert it to a string. I am also running into issues with the Charset encoding.

Answer 1

I think the easiest way to manage JSON documents you use for unit testing is by keeping them organized in the classpath. Guava provides a neat wrapper for loading classpath resources.
import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
import com.google.common.io.Resources;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
public class TestJsonDocumentLoader {
public TestJsonDocumentLoader(Class clazz) {
this.clazz = clazz;
}
public String loadTestJson(String fileName) {
URL url = Resources.getResource(clazz, fileName);
try {
String data = Resources.toString(url, Charsets.UTF_8);
return data;
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Couldn't load a JSON file.", e);
}
}
}
This can then be used to load arbitrary JSON files placed in the same package as the test class. It is assumed that the files are UTF-8 encoded. I suggest keeping all sources encoded that way, regardless of the OS your team is using. It saves you a lot of trouble with version control.
Let's say you have MyTest in src/test/java/com/example/mytestsuite, then you could place a file data.json in src/test/resources/com/example/mytestsuite and load id by calling
TestJsonDocumentLoader loader = new TestJsonDocumentLoader(MyTest.class);
String jsonData = loader.loadTestJson("data.json");
String someOtherExample = loader.loadTestJson("other.json");
Actually, this could be used for all sorts of text files.

Answer 2

You could have also used object mapper from Jackson as an alternative
public class JsonResourceObjectMapper<T> {
private Class<T> model;
public JsonResourceObjectMapper(Class<T> model) {
this.model = model;
}
public T loadTestJson(String fileName) throws IOException{
ClassLoader classLoader = this.getClass().getClassLoader();
InputStream inputStream= classLoader.getResourceAsStream(fileName);
return new ObjectMapper().readValue(inputStream, this.model);
}
}
And then setup a fixture in the test passing a .class
private JsonClass json;
#Before
public void setUp() throws IOException {
JsonResourceObjectMapper mapper = new JsonResourceObjectMapper(JsonClass.class);
json = (JsonClass) mapper.loadTestJson("json/testJson.json");
}
Note that the testJson.json file is in resources/json folder same as what #toniedzwiedz mentioned
So then you could use the json model as:
#Test
public void testJsonNameProperty(){
//act
String name = json.getName();
// assert
assertEquals("testName", name);
}