Automated testing
First Claim
1. A system for recording for reuse, at least one test event and at least one associated response, said system comprising:
- an application program for testing at least one function of a component to be tested;
a communication protocol for sending by said application program, said at least one test event to said component and receiving from said component, said at least one associated response;
storage for storing by a tracer, said at least one test event and said at least one associated response, in a trace file;
an analyser for analysing said trace file;
an extractor for extracting at least one minimum set of test events from said trace file, wherein said at least one minimum set generates said at least one associated response; and
said storage being further adapted to store said at least one minimum set and said at least one associated response.
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Abstract
A system for recording for reuse, at least one test event and at least one associated response. A testing program sends one or more test events (e.g. button click) to a component (e.g. a web browser software application) and receives an associated response from the component (e.g. associated button is clicked). A tracing program stores test events and responses in a trace file and an analyser program analyses the file and creates “situations” of test events and associated responses. If required, the situations are further processed by an extractor program, which extracts surplus test events that are not required in order to produce an associated response. This extracting process produces a minimum set of test events, and the minimum sets and associated response are stored for reuse.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for recording for reuse, at least one test event and at least one associated response, said system comprising:
- an application program for testing at least one function of a component to be tested;
a communication protocol for sending by said application program, said at least one test event to said component and receiving from said component, said at least one associated response;
storage for storing by a tracer, said at least one test event and said at least one associated response, in a trace file;
an analyser for analysing said trace file;
an extractor for extracting at least one minimum set of test events from said trace file, wherein said at least one minimum set generates said at least one associated response; and
said storage being further adapted to store said at least one minimum set and said at least one associated response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- an application program for testing at least one function of a component to be tested;
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9. A method for recording for reuse, at least one test event and at least one associated response, for use in a system comprising:
- an application program for testing at least one function of a component to be tested, said method comprising the steps of;
sending by said application program, said at least one test event to said component and receiving from said component, said at least one associated response;
storing said at least one test event and said at least one associated response in a trace file;
analysing said trace file;
extracting at least one minimum set of test events from said trace file, wherein said at least one minimum set generates said at least one associated response; and
storing said at least one minimum set and said at least one associated response. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- an application program for testing at least one function of a component to be tested, said method comprising the steps of;
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