[QPIDIT-18] Use existing structured text representation standard for communicating between test and shims

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.1.0
• Assignee: Kim van der Riet
• Reporter: Kim van der Riet
• Created: 06/Aug/15 15:02
• Updated: 26/Jan/18 17:18
• Resolved: 29/Sep/15 21:18

Description

The passing of structured data between the test framework and the shims on the command-line is currently using a python-like format which is hand-encoded in the various shims. However, a more standard format (such as JSON) which has library support in many target languages would remove an entire layer of potential bugs and testing would be beneficial.

I propose replacing the current hand-encoded implementation in the test framework and in the Python and JMS shims with JSON. Comments on this choice and the suitability of other potential libs is welcome. I hope to start a thread on this topic.