[webkit-dev] Testing feature suggestion: animation/interaction pixel-results "on the fly"

[Ryosuke Niwa]

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:35 AM, <noam.rosenthal at nokia.com> wrote:

>  we don't currently have a solution in webkit's test infrastructure for
> testing animations "on the fly", or in general for testing multiple image
> results in the same test.
> (If this was discussed before and I'm unaware of that discussion, please
> stop me here...)
>
> This is because ImageDiff works on the single-test level, and you can't
> explicitly make image comparisons in the same test at different points in
> time.
> This has before caused us several regressions that were not caught by
> layout tests.
>
> I'd like to propose a solution, and would welcome some feedback on whether
> it's a good one...
> The idea is that you would be able to programatically retrieve the current
> snapshot into a canvas ImageData, and then compare the pixel results with
> JavaScript in the LayoutTest. Something like:
>

I had similar thoughts but my counter "proposal" is to let DRT/WTR generate
multiple actual results either in the form of multiple layers in PNG or
multiple PNG images. The advantage of this latter approach is that we can
have multiple reference files as well. e.g. if a green box is to be moved
from (0,0) to (50,0) and to (100, 0), we could create three reference files
that correspond to each state.

But perhaps there is a good reason you didn't choose this approach. Could
you elaborate on the reason you picked this particular API?

- R. Niwa
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