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 # EDD Pipeline Test Framework (currently under developement)
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-This repository is a test framework for black box testing of EDD (Effelsberg Direct Digitization) pipelines, which are part of the EDD backend software stack.
-The EDD backend software stack essentially consists of three components:
-- [mpikat](https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpifr-bdg/mpikat)
-- [edd_ansible](https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpifr-bdg/edd_ansible)
-- [psrdada_cpp](https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpifr-bdg/psrdada_cpp)
-The three components already implement various tests (build tests, unit tests, component tests) to ensure continuous integration (CI). However, black box testing is a huge benefit to ensure the correct interaction of these components and assess the reliability of EDD pipelines.
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-## Requirements
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-## How to use
-For testing an EDD Pipline, three components are required:
-1. A config file describing the KATCP control interface, in- and output streams (multicast IP, port, interface address, SPEAD2 item descriptors etc.) as well as the configuration of the pipeline under test.
-2. A golden standard processors which implements the algorithm of the pipeline under test. Thus, known output data can be generated.
-3. A test case which is implemented as a child class of `PipelineUnderTest`