state-based J/NUnit testing of iText considered harmful

["Bruno Lowagie (iText)" <bruno (at) lowagie.com>]

steve poling wrote:

> I have decided to replace all such unit tests of mine with slightly more 
> "interaction-based" tests.

I see you have already encountered the limitations
summed up by Paulo. Nevertheless, there are aspects
of a PDF file that can be tested; for example:
- the number of pages,
- predictable content in the PDF,
- ...
Have a look at: http://jpdfunit.sourceforge.net/
I like their slogan "Make your PDF green".
They use PDFBox to inspect the PDF.
best regards,
Bruno

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