starting and stopping hsqldb from unit tests

Question

I\'m trying to create integration tests using hsqldb in an in memory mode. At the moment, I have to start the hsqldb server from the command line before running the unit tests.

Answer 1

What about starting server through Runtime.getRuntime().exec("shell command here")? You have to do it only once for all tests, so it won't add too big lag.

Update
Ok, looks like you've solved it yourself :)

Update 2
To execute some code once before (or after) unit tests, you can

static class TestWrapper extends TestSetup {
    TestWrapper(TestSuite suite) {
        super(suite);
    }

    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        // start db
    }

    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
        // kill db
    }
}

Then, just wrap your test set in it: new TestWrapper(suite)