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faris ramadhan 12faris ramadhan 12 

entitlement implementation test class only cover 50% of its util class

Dear Developer Community,

I have a case where i need to create an auto complete milestone on case. I took example from this documentation http://resources.docs.salesforce.com/latest/latest/en-us/sfdc/pdf/salesforce_entitlements_implementation_guide.pdf page 29 - 33. Everything is fine but then problem occured when the test unit provided in the guide only cover 50% of its util class.

I found this exact same question on the stackexchange https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/141607/57-code-coverage-on-milestone-complete/141624 but still I'm confused on how to implement it in code

I'm breaking my head to solve this, please help. Any kind will be very appreciated
Best Answer chosen by faris ramadhan 12
Glyn Anderson 3Glyn Anderson 3
Faris,  Sometimes, you can increase code coverage % by changing the code you're testing.  By avoiding unnecessary conditionals and moving the single line loop body onto the same line as the loop, we reduce the code to three lines, all of which are always executed.  This is cheating and, some would say, bad form.  But if you're just trying to get the coverage up to 100%, this will do it.

<pre>
public class MilestoneUtils
{
    public static void completeMilestone( List caseIds, String milestoneName, DateTime complDate )
    {
        List<CaseMilestone> cmsToUpdate =
        [   SELECT  Id, completionDate
            FROM    CaseMilestone
            WHERE   (   CaseId in :caseIds
                    AND MilestoneType.Name = :milestoneName
                    AND CompletionDate = null
                    )
            LIMIT 1
        ];
        for ( CaseMilestone cm : cmsToUpdate ) cm.completionDate = complDate;
        update cmsToUpdate;     // no error or penalty to DML empty list
    }
}
</pre>

If you want to be hard core, this can be done in a single line.  Don't stress about the update in a for loop, the query is LIMIT 1, so you'll never have more than one update.

<pre>
public class MilestoneUtils
{
    public static void completeMilestone( List caseIds, String milestoneName, DateTime complDate )
    {
        for ( CaseMilestone cm : 
            [   SELECT  Id, completionDate
                FROM    CaseMilestone
                WHERE   (   CaseId in :caseIds
                        AND MilestoneType.Name = :milestoneName
                        AND CompletionDate = null
                        )
                LIMIT 1
            ]
            ) update new CaseMilestone( Id = cm.Id, CompletionDate = complDate );
    }
}
</pre>
 

All Answers

Glyn Anderson 3Glyn Anderson 3
Faris,  Sometimes, you can increase code coverage % by changing the code you're testing.  By avoiding unnecessary conditionals and moving the single line loop body onto the same line as the loop, we reduce the code to three lines, all of which are always executed.  This is cheating and, some would say, bad form.  But if you're just trying to get the coverage up to 100%, this will do it.

<pre>
public class MilestoneUtils
{
    public static void completeMilestone( List caseIds, String milestoneName, DateTime complDate )
    {
        List<CaseMilestone> cmsToUpdate =
        [   SELECT  Id, completionDate
            FROM    CaseMilestone
            WHERE   (   CaseId in :caseIds
                    AND MilestoneType.Name = :milestoneName
                    AND CompletionDate = null
                    )
            LIMIT 1
        ];
        for ( CaseMilestone cm : cmsToUpdate ) cm.completionDate = complDate;
        update cmsToUpdate;     // no error or penalty to DML empty list
    }
}
</pre>

If you want to be hard core, this can be done in a single line.  Don't stress about the update in a for loop, the query is LIMIT 1, so you'll never have more than one update.

<pre>
public class MilestoneUtils
{
    public static void completeMilestone( List caseIds, String milestoneName, DateTime complDate )
    {
        for ( CaseMilestone cm : 
            [   SELECT  Id, completionDate
                FROM    CaseMilestone
                WHERE   (   CaseId in :caseIds
                        AND MilestoneType.Name = :milestoneName
                        AND CompletionDate = null
                        )
                LIMIT 1
            ]
            ) update new CaseMilestone( Id = cm.Id, CompletionDate = complDate );
    }
}
</pre>
 
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faris ramadhan 12faris ramadhan 12
Hi Glyn,

Thank you for your response. let me test it
faris ramadhan 12faris ramadhan 12
It works! the coverage raise to 83% thanks a lot Glyn! Cheers

just out of curiousity though, why this considered to be cheating? its valid codewise
Glyn Anderson 3Glyn Anderson 3
It's cheating in that you don't have to test all possible code paths to acheive 100% coverage.  In this case, the test method doesn't have to test the code with any CaseMilestones, because it's 100% covered even without any.  The test never exercises the statement, "cm.completionDate = complDate;"  A good test will still execute all code paths.

The more I look at it, the more I like the one-line version better.  It only executes the update statement if there is a CaseMilestone.  The three-line version always calls update, even with an empty list.

I'm glad it's working for you!