# EDD Pipeline Test Framework (currently under developement)
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:
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.
## Requirements
## 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`
