Interface TestWorkflowEnvironment

  • All Superinterfaces:
    java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    TestWorkflowEnvironmentInternal

    public interface TestWorkflowEnvironment
    extends java.io.Closeable
    TestWorkflowEnvironment provides workflow unit testing capabilities.

    Testing the workflow code is hard as it might be potentially very long-running. The included in-memory implementation of the Temporal service supports an automatic time skipping. Anytime a workflow under the test as well as the unit test code are waiting on a timer (or sleep) the internal service time is automatically advanced to the nearest time that unblocks one of the waiting threads. This way a workflow that runs in production for months is unit tested in milliseconds. Here is an example of a test that executes in a few milliseconds instead of over two hours that are needed for the workflow to complete:

    
       public class SignaledWorkflowImpl implements SignaledWorkflow {
         private String signalInput;
    
        @Override
         public String workflow1(String input) {
           Workflow.sleep(Duration.ofHours(1));
           Workflow.await(() -> signalInput != null);
           Workflow.sleep(Duration.ofHours(1));
           return signalInput + "-" + input;
         }
    
        @Override
         public void processSignal(String input) {
           signalInput = input;
        }
      }
    
     @Test
      public void testSignal() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
        TestWorkflowEnvironment testEnvironment = TestWorkflowEnvironment.newInstance();
    
        // Creates a worker that polls tasks from the service owned by the testEnvironment.
        Worker worker = testEnvironment.newWorker(TASK_QUEUE);
        worker.registerWorkflowImplementationTypes(SignaledWorkflowImpl.class);
        worker.start();
    
        // Creates a WorkflowClient that interacts with the server owned by the testEnvironment.
        WorkflowClient client = testEnvironment.getWorkflowClient();
        SignaledWorkflow workflow = client.newWorkflowStub(SignaledWorkflow.class);
    
        // Starts a workflow execution
        CompletableFuture result = WorkflowClient.execute(workflow::workflow1, "input1");
    
        // The sleep forwards the service clock for 65 minutes without blocking.
        // This ensures that the signal is sent after the one hour sleep in the workflow code.
        testEnvironment.sleep(Duration.ofMinutes(65));
        workflow.processSignal("signalInput");
    
        // Blocks until workflow is complete. Workflow sleep forwards clock for one hour and
        // this call returns almost immediately.
        assertEquals("signalInput-input1", result.get());
    
        // Closes workers and releases in-memory service.
        testEnvironment.close();
      }
    
     
    • Method Detail

      • newWorker

        io.temporal.worker.Worker newWorker​(java.lang.String taskQueue)
        Creates a new Worker instance that is connected to the in-memory test Temporal service.
        Parameters:
        taskQueue - task queue to poll.
      • newWorker

        io.temporal.worker.Worker newWorker​(java.lang.String taskQueue,
                                            io.temporal.worker.WorkerOptions options)
        Creates a new Worker instance that is connected to the in-memory test Temporal service.
        Parameters:
        taskQueue - task queue to poll.
      • getWorkflowClient

        io.temporal.client.WorkflowClient getWorkflowClient()
        Creates a WorkflowClient that is connected to the in-memory test Temporal service.
      • currentTimeMillis

        long currentTimeMillis()
        This time might not be equal to System.currentTimeMillis() due to time skipping.
        Returns:
        the current in-memory test Temporal service time in milliseconds or System.currentTimeMillis() if an external service without time skipping support is used
      • sleep

        void sleep​(java.time.Duration duration)
        Wait until internal test Temporal service time passes the specified duration. This call also indicates that workflow time might jump forward (if none of the activities are running) up to the specified duration.

        This method falls back to Thread.sleep(long) if an external service without time skipping support is used

      • registerDelayedCallback

        void registerDelayedCallback​(java.time.Duration delay,
                                     java.lang.Runnable r)
        Registers a callback to run after the specified delay according to the test Temporal service internal clock.
      • registerSearchAttribute

        boolean registerSearchAttribute​(java.lang.String name,
                                        io.temporal.api.enums.v1.IndexedValueType type)
        Register a Search Attribute with the server.
        Parameters:
        name - Search Attribute name
        type - Search Attribute type to be used for an elastic search index
        Returns:
        true if the search attribute was registered, false if it was registered already
        See Also:
        Add a Custom Search Attribute Using tctl
      • getWorkflowService

        @Deprecated
        io.temporal.serviceclient.WorkflowServiceStubs getWorkflowService()
        Deprecated.
        Returns:
        the in-memory test Temporal service that is owned by this.
      • getWorkflowServiceStubs

        io.temporal.serviceclient.WorkflowServiceStubs getWorkflowServiceStubs()
        Returns:
        WorkflowServiceStubs connected to the test server (in-memory or external)
      • getNamespace

        java.lang.String getNamespace()
      • getDiagnostics

        java.lang.String getDiagnostics()
        Currently prints histories of all workflow instances stored in the service. This is useful information to print in the case of a unit test failure. A convenient way to achieve this is to add the following Rule to a unit test:
        
          @Rule
           public TestWatcher watchman =
               new TestWatcher() {
                @Override
                 protected void failed(Throwable e, Description description) {
                   System.err.println(testEnvironment.getDiagnostics());
                   testEnvironment.close();
                 }
               };
         
        Returns:
        the diagnostic data about the internal service state.
      • getWorkflowExecutionHistory

        @Deprecated
        io.temporal.common.WorkflowExecutionHistory getWorkflowExecutionHistory​(@Nonnull
                                                                                io.temporal.api.common.v1.WorkflowExecution execution)
        Deprecated.
        use WorkflowClient.fetchHistory(String, String)
        Parameters:
        execution - identifies the workflowId and runId (optionally) to reach the history for
        Returns:
        history of the execution
      • getWorkerFactory

        io.temporal.worker.WorkerFactory getWorkerFactory()
      • start

        void start()
        Start all workers created by this factory.
      • isStarted

        boolean isStarted()
        Was start() called?
      • shutdownTestService

        @Deprecated
        void shutdownTestService()
        Deprecated.
        Initiates Test Service shutdown. This method is temporarily exposed to solve long poll thread shutdown for io.temporal.workflow.interceptorsTests.InterceptorExceptionTests#testExceptionOnStart(). See issue: https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-java/issues/608
      • shutdown

        void shutdown()
        Initiates an orderly shutdown in which polls are stopped and already received workflow and activity tasks are executed. After the shutdown calls to ActivityExecutionContext.heartbeat(Object) start throwing ActivityWorkerShutdownException. Invocation has no additional effect if already shut down. This method does not wait for previously received tasks to complete execution. Use awaitTermination(long, TimeUnit) to do that.
      • shutdownNow

        void shutdownNow()
        Initiates an orderly shutdown in which polls are stopped and already received workflow and activity tasks are attempted to be stopped. This implementation cancels tasks via Thread.interrupt(), so any task that fails to respond to interrupts may never terminate. Also, after the shutdownNow calls to ActivityExecutionContext.heartbeat(Object) start throwing ActivityWorkerShutdownException. Invocation has no additional effect if already shut down. This method does not wait for previously received tasks to complete execution. Use awaitTermination(long, TimeUnit) to do that.
      • awaitTermination

        void awaitTermination​(long timeout,
                              java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit unit)
        Blocks until all tasks have completed execution after a shutdown request, or the timeout occurs, or the current thread is interrupted, whichever happens first.