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Property-based testing library for Kotlin

Kwik

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Property-based testing library for Kotlin.

Main features:

  • Test-engine agnostic
  • Multiplatform
  • No reflection
  • Configurable built-in generators
  • Easy way to create and combine generators
  • Seeded generation for reproducible results

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Find more information on https://kwik.readthedocs.io

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Status

This project is discontinued. For property based testing with Kotlin, check out kotest_.

.. _kotest: https://kotest.io

How it looks like

.. code-block:: kotlin

class PlusOperatorTest {

    @Test
    fun isCommutative() = forAll { x: Int, y: Int ->
        x + y == y + x
    }

    @Test
    fun isAssociative() = forAll(iterations = 1000) { x: Int, y: Int, z: Int ->
        (x + y) + z == x + (y + z)
    }

    @Test
    fun zeroIsNeutral() = forAll(seed = -4567) { x: Int ->
        x + 0 == x
    }
}

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For more information read the usage_ and look at the available generators_

.. _generators: https://kwik.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html .. _usage: https://kwik.readthedocs.io/en/latest/write-tests.html

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Motivation

Property based testing is great and very powerful. But despite the fact that many good libraries already exist, none of them fully fit my needs.

The known alternatives either:

  • Are bound to a specific test-engine
  • Can only be used when compiling kotlin to Java (and cannot be used in multi-platform projects)
  • Relies on reflection, making the tests slower and make some errors detectable only at runtime
  • Do not allow enough freedom and safety to customize existing generators
  • Force the user to add unwanted dependencies in the classpath

Requirements

  • Kotlin version: 1.4.0 or newer
  • JDK version: 8, 11 or 15

Setup

Example of setup using gradle.

.. startGradleSetup .. code-block:: kotlin

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    testCompile("com.github.jcornaz.kwik:kwik-core-jvm:$kwikVersion")
}

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Find more detailed information in the setup_ instructions.

.. _setup: https://kwik.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup.html

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Contribute

See how to contribute_

.. _how to contribute: https://github.com/jcornaz/kwik/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md