Generic test harness

• US 20040194064A1
• Filed: 03/31/2003
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Miller, David, Ranjan, Mungara Vijay, Mungara, Ajay Mohan
• Application Number:
  US10/404,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20040194064A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method are provided for providing a test harness application developed to test a software project having distinct functional units. According to one embodiment, the test harness application is used to test the distinct functional units of the software project.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a test harness application developed to test a software project, wherein the software project comprises a plurality of distinct functional units; and

testing the plurality of distinct functional units using the test harness application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a BINary (BIN) directory in the test harness application; and

copying the plurality of distinct functional units to the BIN directory, wherein the plurality of distinct functional units comprises a plurality of assemblies and a plurality of functions.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to access the test harness application; and

visiting the URL to test the software project, wherein the URL is accessed using an Internet browser.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprises using the Microsoft .NET Framework to develop the test harness application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

finding a dll in the BIN directory;

selecting the dll found in the BIN directory;

finding a class in dll selected;

selecting the class found in the dll selected; and

finding a method in the class selected.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprises not creating a method if the dll, the class, or the method are not found.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving user input from a user;

creating a method in response to the received user input;

finding parameters; and

preparing to invoke the method created in response to the parameters found.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprises creating input controls to collect data to generate parameters if the parameters are not found.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a command from the user to invoke the method created;

invoking the method created in respond to the command; and

displaying results in response to invoking the method created.

10. A method comprising:

providing a test harness application developed using a .NET Framework-based platform to test a software project;

accessing the test harness application using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL); and

testing the software project using the test harness application.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the software project comprises a plurality of distinct functional units.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of distinct functional units comprises a plurality of assemblies and a plurality of functions.

13. A method comprising:

providing a Web-based test harness application developed to test a database project, wherein the database project comprises a plurality of stored procedures; and

testing the plurality of stored procedures using the Web-based test harness application.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprises using the Microsoft .NET Framework to develop the Web-based test harness application.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of stored procedures comprises a plurality of Structured Query Language (SQL) programs.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprises testing the plurality of stored procedures using the Web-based test harness application with a conventional Web application testing tool.

17. A system comprising:

a .NET Framework-based platform to develop a Web-based test harness application;

the Web-based test harness application to test a software project, wherein the software project comprises a plurality of distinct functional units; and

an Internet browser to provide access to the Web-based test harness application.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the Web-based test harness application is further to test a database project, wherein the database project comprises a plurality of stored procedures.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to provide access to the Web-based test harness application via the Internet browser.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the Internet browser comprises the Internet Explorer or the Netscape Navigator.

21. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

provide a test harness application developed to test a software project, wherein the software project comprises a plurality of distinct functional units; and

test the plurality of distinct functional units using the test harness application.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the sequences of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to:

create a BINary (BIN) directory in the test harness application; and

copy the plurality of distinct functional units to the BIN directory, wherein the plurality of distinct functional units comprises a plurality of assemblies and a plurality of functions.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the sequences of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to:

generate a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to access the test harness application; and

visit the URL to test the software project, wherein the URL is accessed using an Internet browser.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the sequences of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to:

use the Microsoft NET Framework to develop the test harness application.

25. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

provide a test harness application developed using a .NET Framework-based platform to test a software project; and

access the test harness application using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL); and

test the software project using the test harness application.

26. The machine-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the software project comprises a plurality of distinct functional units.

27. The machine-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the sequences of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to:

create a BINary (BIN) directory in the test harness application; and

copy the plurality distinct functional units to the BIN directory of the test harness application.

28. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

provide a Web-based test harness application developed to test a database project, wherein the database project comprises a plurality of stored procedures; and

test the plurality of stored procedures using the Web-based test harness application.

29. The machine-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the plurality of stored procedures comprises a plurality of Structured Query Language (SQL) programs.

30. The machine-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the sequences of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to:

test the plurality of stored procedures using the Web-based test harness application with a conventional Web application testing tool.