WFS 2.0 Conformance Test Suite

Scope

This test suite verifies that a Web Feature Service (WFS) 2.0 implementation conforms to OGC 09-025r2) and related standards. Tests exist for the conformance classes listed below:

• Simple WFS: Implements the following operations: GetCapabilities, DescribeFeatureType, ListStoredQueries, DescribeStoredQueries, and the GetFeature operation with at least the StoredQuery action (GetFeatureById).
• Basic WFS: As for Simple WFS, plus the GetFeature operation with the Query action and the GetPropertyValue operation.
• Transactional WFS: As for Basic WFS, plus the Transaction operation.
• Locking WFS: As for Transactional WFS, plus at least one of the GetFeatureWithLock or LockFeature operations.
• HTTP GET
• HTTP POST
• SOAP
• Response paging
• Manage stored queries
• Feature versions
• Standard joins
• Spatial joins
• Temporal joins

The tests for WFS capabilities are supplemented by tests imported from the GML 3.2 test suite; these GML conformance classes apply to all WFS 2.0 implementations:

• All GML application schemas
• GML application schemas defining features and feature collections

The WFS 2.0 test suite is schema-aware in the sense that the WFS under test does not need to support any particular application schemas or to be pre-loaded with special test data. However, the following preconditions must be satisfied:

• The GML application schema meets the requirements of the GML conformance class "GML application schemas defining features and feature collections" (ISO 19136, A.1.4).
• Data are available for at least one feature type listed in the capabilities document.
• The service capabilities description contains all required elements in accord with the "Simple WFS" conformance class.

Which tests are actually executed is determined by the content of the WFS capabilities document that is submitted; in particular, the test run is driven by the conformance classes that the implementation under test (IUT) claims to support. There is a service constraint defined for each conformance class, except for the mandatory "Simple WFS" conformance class (see OGC 09-025r2, Table 13). The boolean-valued service constraints are listed in the OperationsMetadata section of the capabilities document as shown below.

<OperationsMetadata xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/ows/1.1">
  <!-- Operation and common Parameter definitions are omitted -->
  <Constraint name="ImplementsBasicWFS">
    <AllowedValues>
      <Value>TRUE</Value>
      <Value>FALSE</Value>
    </AllowedValues>
    <DefaultValue>TRUE</DefaultValue>
  </Constraint>
  <Constraint name="KVPEncoding">
    <AllowedValues>
      <Value>TRUE</Value>
      <Value>FALSE</Value>
    </AllowedValues>
    <DefaultValue>TRUE</DefaultValue>
  </Constraint>
  <Constraint name="XMLEncoding">
    <AllowedValues>
      <Value>TRUE</Value>
      <Value>FALSE</Value>
    </AllowedValues>
    <DefaultValue>TRUE</DefaultValue>
  </Constraint>
</OperationsMetadata>

Some optional conformance classes are not currently covered by the test suite:

• Inheritance
• Remote resolve

Visit the project documentation website for more information, including the API documentation.

How to run the tests

Integrated development environment (IDE)

You can use a Java IDE such as Eclipse, NetBeans, or IntelliJ to run the test suite. Clone the repository and build the project. The runtime configuration is summarized below.

Main class: org.opengis.cite.iso19142.TestNGController

Arguments: The first argument must refer to an XML properties file containing the required test run argument (a reference to a WFS 2.0 capabilities document). If not specified, the default location at ${user.home}/test-run-props.xml will be used.

You can modify the default settings in the sample test-run-props.xml file. The value of the wfs argument must be an absolute URI that adheres to the 'http' or 'file' schemes.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
<properties version="1.0">
    <comment>Test run arguments (ets-wfs20)</comment>
	<entry key="wfs">http://localhost:9090/wfs2/capabilities.xml</entry>
</properties>

The TestNG results file (testng-results.xml) will be written to a subdirectory in ${user.home}/testng/ having a UUID value as its name.

Command shell (terminal)

One of the build artifacts is an "all-in-one" JAR file that includes the test suite with all of its dependencies. This makes it very easy to execute the test suite in a command shell like so:

java -jar ets-wfs20-${version}-aio.jar [test-run-props.xml]

OGC test harness

Use TEAM Engine, the official OGC test harness. The latest test suite release should be available at the beta testing facility. You can also build and deploy the test harness yourself and use a local installation.

How to contribute

If you would like to get involved, you can:

• Report an issue such as a defect or an enhancement request
• Help to resolve an open issue
• Fix a bug: Fork the repository, apply the fix, and create a pull request
• Add new tests: Fork the repository, implement (and verify) the tests on a new topic branch, and create a pull request