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Claire FieldClaire Field 

Test Class for Case Trigger

Hi!

I have a trigger that I got off a comment in the Success Community (thanks Subramani!) that adds Case Comments to Cases during the same import (rather than first importing Cases and then Case Comments based on the parent ID). The trigger is in the Sandbox and I am unable to deploy it because there is not enough code covereage. I am told that I need to have a test class for this trigger in order to be able to test and deploy it to Production. I am pretty new to SF administration and have almost no experience writing in Apex. Would anyone be able to help me create a test class for the following trigger?

trigger CreateCaseComment on Case (after insert) {

List<CaseComment > casecmlist=new list<CaseComment >();

for(Case c : Trigger.new){
     if(c.commentCL__c!= ''){

        CaseComment cc = new CaseComment();
        cc.commentBody = c.commentCL__c;
        cc.ParentId = c.Id;
        casecmlist.add(cc);
     }
 }
 if(casecmlist!=null){
 insert casecmlist;
 }
}

I really appreciate any assistance I can get! Thank you!
Best Answer chosen by Claire Field
Derrick BillieDerrick Billie
Claire welcome to the community. Lets take a crack at your test class. Think of a test method as dummy data used by salesforce to validate if your trigger works. Essentially all you are doing is covering the required fields on the Case object.
@isTest
public class TestCaseComment {
    static testMethod void insertCase() {
        
        Case c = new Case();
//Create new case instance
        
        C.Status = "New";
        C.Origin = "Phone";
 //cover case required fields 

        insert c;
//insert case 
        
        
    }
}

Your next steps are to run test from the developer console after the test is complete open your trigger and check coverage. 

Helpful links:

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_qs_test.htm

http://www.sfdc99.com/2013/11/02/example-write-a-test-class-for-our-deduping-trigger/

I really hope this helps you out Claire! 
If you have follow up questions feel free to reply.

Should this resolve your issue feel free to mark this response as the best answer so it can help someone else community find answers quickly. 

All Answers

Ronald A DefeoRonald A Defeo
Hi Claire,

Hope this help.
@isTest
public class CreateCaseCommentTest{

    static testMethod void triggerTest(){
        
        List<Case> caseListToInsert = new List<Case>();
        
        for(Integer i = 0; i < 200; i++){
            Case c = new Case();
            //Add required fields here
            
            //Your given sample fields
            c.commentCL__c = 'Sample Comment';
            caseListToInsert.add(c);
        }
        
        Test.startTest();
            insert caseListToInsert;
        Test.stopTest();
    }
}

 
Derrick BillieDerrick Billie
Claire welcome to the community. Lets take a crack at your test class. Think of a test method as dummy data used by salesforce to validate if your trigger works. Essentially all you are doing is covering the required fields on the Case object.
@isTest
public class TestCaseComment {
    static testMethod void insertCase() {
        
        Case c = new Case();
//Create new case instance
        
        C.Status = "New";
        C.Origin = "Phone";
 //cover case required fields 

        insert c;
//insert case 
        
        
    }
}

Your next steps are to run test from the developer console after the test is complete open your trigger and check coverage. 

Helpful links:

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_qs_test.htm

http://www.sfdc99.com/2013/11/02/example-write-a-test-class-for-our-deduping-trigger/

I really hope this helps you out Claire! 
If you have follow up questions feel free to reply.

Should this resolve your issue feel free to mark this response as the best answer so it can help someone else community find answers quickly. 
This was selected as the best answer
Amit Chaudhary 8Amit Chaudhary 8
Please check below post to learn about test class
1) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.com/2017/02/salesforce-tutorial-how-to-learn-test.html
2) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.com/2015/06/best-practice-for-test-classes-sample.html

Sample code to start
@isTest
public class CreateCaseCommentTest 
{
    static testMethod void insertCase() 
	{
        
        Case c = new Case();
        C.Status = 'New';
        C.Origin = 'Phone';
		c.Priority = 'Medium';
		c.commentCL__c ='Test';
		// Add all required field

        insert c;
        
        
    }
}


Please follow below salesforce Best Practice for Test Classes :-

1. Test class must start with @isTest annotation if class class version is more than 25
2. Test environment support @testVisible , @testSetUp as well
3. Unit test is to test particular piece of code working properly or not .
4. Unit test method takes no argument ,commit no data to database ,send no email ,flagged with testMethod keyword .
5. To deploy to production at-least 75% code coverage is required
6. System.debug statement are not counted as a part of apex code limit.
7. Test method and test classes are not counted as a part of code limit
9. We should not focus on the  percentage of code coverage ,we should make sure that every use case should covered including positive, negative,bulk and single record .
Single Action -To verify that the the single record produces the correct an expected result .
Bulk action -Any apex record trigger ,class or extension must be invoked for 1-200 records .
Positive behavior : Test every expected behavior occurs through every expected permutation , i,e user filled out every correctly data and not go past the limit .
Negative Testcase :-Not to add future date , Not to specify negative amount.
Restricted User :-Test whether a user with restricted access used in your code .
10. Test class should be annotated with @isTest .
11 . @isTest annotation with test method  is equivalent to testMethod keyword .
12. Test method should static and no void return type .
13. Test class and method default access is private ,no matter to add access specifier .
14. classes with @isTest annotation can't be a interface or enum .
15. Test method code can't be invoked by non test request .
16. Stating with salesforce API 28.0 test method can not reside inside non test classes .
17. @Testvisible annotation to make visible private methods inside test classes.
18. Test method can not be used to test web-service call out . Please use call out mock .
19. You can't  send email from test method.
20.User, profile, organization, AsyncApexjob, Corntrigger, RecordType, ApexClass, ApexComponent ,ApexPage we can access without (seeAllData=true) .
21. SeeAllData=true will not work for API 23 version eailer .
22. Accessing static resource test records in test class e,g List<Account> accList=Test.loadData(Account,SobjectType,'ResourceName').
23. Create TestFactory class with @isTest annotation to exclude from organization code size limit .
24. @testSetup to create test records once in a method  and use in every test method in the test class .
25. We can run unit test by using Salesforce Standard UI,Force.com IDE ,Console ,API.
26. Maximum number of test classes run per 24 hour of period is  not grater of 500 or 10 multiplication of test classes of your organization.
27. As apex runs in system mode so the permission and record sharing are not taken into account . So we need to use system.runAs to enforce record sharing .
28. System.runAs will not enforce user permission or field level permission .
29. Every test to runAs count against the total number of DML issued in the process .


Please let us know if this post will help you
Claire FieldClaire Field
Thank you all so much for your help! All the links you've provided have helped me learn a great deal about Triggers and Test Classes. Much appreciated!
Derrick BillieDerrick Billie
You're most welcome, Claire! Glad to help.
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