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>> testAbsoluteAuthority
>>       "self debug: #testAbsoluteAuthority"
>>
>>       <test: #URI about: 'absolute uri with authority' tag: #(network )>
>>
>>       | uri absoluteURIString |
>>       "An absolute URI with authority. An absolute URI starts with a scheme:"
>>       absoluteURIString := 'http://www.pharo-project.org'.
>>       uri := URI fromString: absoluteURIString.
>>       self assert: (uri asString = absoluteURIString).
>>       self assert: (uri isAbsolute).
>>       self assert: (uri authority asString = 'www.pharo-project.org').
>>       self deny: (uri isOpaque).

>
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Torsten Bergmann <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >In addition to the story around tests,
>
> Could you be a little bit more specific what your wishes are
> for using tests within the help documentation?
> It's still not clear to me what you expect here.
>
>
> Hi Torsten,
>
> IIRC this idea came from a discussion I had with Stef. There's some tests that show "how" to use the class it tests, that can make a good documentation for free. For example (may not be the best):
>
> XMLParserTest>>testParsing
> | xmlDocument root firstPerson numberOfPersons |
>
> xmlDocument := XMLDOMParser parseDocumentFrom: self addressBookXML readStream.
> self assert: (xmlDocument isKindOf: XMLDocument).
> root := xmlDocument root.
> self assert: (root class == XMLElement).
>
> "the tag has to be a symbol!"
> self assert: (root firstTagNamed: 'person') isNil.
> self assert: (root firstTagNamed: 'addressbook') isNil.
>
> self assert: (root firstTagNamed: #addressbook) == root.
>
> numberOfPersons := 0.
> root tagsNamed: #person do: [:p | numberOfPersons := numberOfPersons + 1].
> self assert: numberOfPersons = 4.
>
> firstPerson := root firstTagNamed: #person.
> self assert: (firstPerson attributeAt: #'employee-number') = 'A0000'.
> self assert: (firstPerson attributeAt: #'family-name') = 'Gates'.
> self assert: (firstPerson attributeAt: #'first-name') = 'Bob'.
>
> Just reading it you know how to use XMLDOMParser. We don't need to add comments to understand it. So the idea is to tag this test to tell that we can learn from it. Then HelpSystem can built the documentation of XML-Parser package just by collecting the tests.
>
> Laurent Laffont
>
>  
>
> >Torsten do you think we could use book.pharo-project.org to populate the help?
>
> Dont know how the pier books are implemented.
> Is it possible to access/parse the contents either on
> the server or directly online from a client image?
>
> If so then yes, as the following example demonstrates:
>
>
> |topic day url sub|
> topic := HelpTopic named: 'Last week on Squeak IRC'.
> 0 to: 7 do: [:index |
>        day := (Date today subtractDays: index) printFormat: #(3 2 1 $. 1 2 2).
>        url := 'http://tunes.org/~nef/logs/squeak/' , day.
>        sub := HelpTopic
>                        title: day contents: (HTTPLoader default retrieveContentsFor: url) contents.
>        topic addSubtopic: sub.
> ].
> HelpBrowser openOn: topic
>
>
> Bye
> T.
>
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