[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 90675] New: Web Inspector: implement testing harness for pure protocol tests.

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90675

           Summary: Web Inspector: implement testing harness for pure
                    protocol tests.
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Inspector
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: pfeldman at chromium.org
                CC: timothy at apple.com, rik at webkit.org, keishi at webkit.org,
                    pmuellr at yahoo.com, joepeck at webkit.org,
                    pfeldman at chromium.org, yurys at chromium.org,
                    bweinstein at apple.com, apavlov at chromium.org,
                    loislo at chromium.org


As of today, all inspector tests are based on the existing front-end code. They are loaded into the inspector context and are executed there. Now that WebKit commits to supporting the WebKit Remote Debugging Protocol (that is used both for remote and mobile debugging as well as by third party front-ends), we need a reliable way of testing it.

The way I see it implemented is following:
1) There is a new LayoutTests/inspector/protocol folder containing new tests
2) These tests are working the same way as the regular LayoutTests/inspector ones, except for they are using a different front-end page (not inspector.html, but protocol-test.html).
3) We seed protocol SDK there (InspectorBackend.js and InspectorBackendCommands.js are listed in protocol-test.html)
4) Instead of inspector-test.js, we use a stripped version of it called protocol-test.js
5) Upon runTest, similarly to inspector-test, test code is injected into the front-end (protocol-test.html in our case) where it executes without the real inspector front-end.

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