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# Protobuf Java Compatibility Tests
This directory contains tests to ensure protobuf library is compatible with
previously released versions.
## Directory Layout
For each released protobuf version we are testing compatibility with, there
is a sub-directory with the following layout (take v2.5.0 as an example):
* v2.5.0
* test.sh
* pom.xml
* protos/ - unittest protos.
* more_protos/ - unittest protos that import the ones in "protos".
* tests/ - actual Java test classes.
The testing code is extracted from regular protobuf unittests by removing:
* tests that access package private methods/classes.
* tests that are known to be broken by an intended behavior change (e.g., we
changed the parsing recursion limit from 64 to 100).
* all lite runtime tests.
It's also divided into 3 submodule with tests depending on more_protos and
more_protos depending on protos. This way we can test scenarios where only part
of the dependency is upgraded to the new version.
## How to Run The Tests
We use a shell script to drive the test of different scenarios so the test
will only run on unix-like environments. The script expects a few command
line tools to be available on PATH: git, mvn, wget, grep, sed, java.
Before running the tests, make sure you have already built the protoc binary
following [the C++ installation instructions](../../src/README.md). The test
scripts will use the built binary located at ${protobuf}/src/protoc.
To start a test, simply run the test.sh script in each version directory. For
example:
$ v2.5.0/test.sh
For each version, the test script will test:
* only upgrading protos to the new version
* only upgrading more_protos to the new version
and see whether everything builds/runs fine. Both source compatibility and
binary compatibility will be tested.