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The CaseType API added in 4.5 has been failing in the SyntaxConformanceTest for a while. The root of the problem: SyntaxConformanceTest calls createTestObject() to generate sample data, but createTestObject() was unable to produce valid sample data for CaseType. (Specifically, civicrm_case_type.definition must be an XML string -- and createTestObject would put in an arbitrary string.)

createTestObject() grew... a bit difficult to read. It had several hacks to handle specific fields/entities. I've refactored it so that we can use OOP techniques (polymorphism) to customize the test-data. Now, createTestObject() calls $bao->assignTestValue($fieldName, $fieldDef). The default implementation in CRM_Core_DAO->assignTestValue() uses the old logic, but you can override it for specific BAOs. For an example, see CRM_Case_BAO_CaseType->assignTestValue().

PR: https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/3963