I am writing unit tests and want to test parsing of an XML document.
To parse not too complicated XML document I use standard NSXMLParser and state pattern.
I will test proper parsing of a document by checking result object created by NSXMLParserDelegate. I will have some proper XML files and some improper ones.
Should I also check each state-class separately, or is checking only final result enough ?
Added after Edit
By state-class I mean ConcreteState in State Pattern.
My NSXMLParserDelegate has its own delegates which have only three methods:
- didStartElement
- didEndElemenn
- foundCharacters
Each of my State-class implements above methods and stores data or,and changes NSXMLParserDelegate state to another State-class.
I think that this is quite standard ...
My question is:
Should I unit test each State-class (ConcreteState) or is it enough to test only parsing of specially prepared correct and incorrect XML files?
