Method and system for selectively processing test data using subscriptions in a multi-formatter architecture

• US 20070192366A1
• Filed: 01/31/2006
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advantest Corporation
• Original Assignee: Verigy Limited (Advantest Corporation)
• Inventors: Connally, Carli, Carpenter, Bryan
• Granted Patent: US 7,720,793 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management

Abstract

In an embodiment, there is disclosed a system for selectively processing test data using subscriptions in a multi-formatter architecture. The system includes a set of designators specifying types of data; a set of formatters for writing data to files; and a monitor for polling the formatters for designators and for reviewing the data. In an embodiment, a method of selectively processing test data using subscriptions in a multi-formatter architecture is disclosed. The method includes specifying types of data with a set of designators; polling each one of a set of data formatters to identify specified types of data needed for writing data to files; and reviewing data to identify data corresponding to the designators identified in the polling of the formatters; and storing data corresponding to the designators identified in the polling of the formatters. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for selectively storing relevant test data, the system comprising:

a set of designators specifying types of test data, wherein each of the designators corresponds to an individual type of test data;

a set of client formatters for writing the test data to output files, and each one of the client formatters identifying at least one of the designators corresponding to types of test data needed for writing the test data to output files; and

a monitor for polling the client formatters for ones of the set of designators in the set of client formatters, and the monitor for reviewing the test data, wherein the monitor allows storage of the test data corresponding to the ones of the designators identified in the polling of the client formatters.

2. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the monitor allows bypass of the test data corresponding to the designators not identified in the polling of the client formatters.

3. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the test data include data objects.

4. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the monitor includes a data populator/remover for generating data objects from the test data.

5. A system in accordance with claim 4, further comprising a data model for storage of the test data corresponding to the ones of the designators identified in the polling of the client formatters.

6. A system in accordance with claim 4, wherein the data populator/remover has code for the bypass of the test data corresponding to the designators not identified in the polling of the client formatters.

7. A system in accordance with claim 6, wherein the code of the data populator/remover allows bypass of the test data prior to generation of the data objects.

8. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the code of the data populator/remover allows bypass of the test data prior to storage thereof.

9. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the client formatters include at least one selected from the group consisting of an STDF writer, an ASCII writer, an XML writer, and an EDL writer.

10. A method of selectively storing relevant test data, the method comprising:

specifying types of test data with a set of designators, wherein each of the designators corresponds to an individual type of test data; and

polling each one of a set of data formatters to identify ones of the specified types of test data needed for writing the test data to output files;

reviewing the test data to identify test data corresponding to the ones of the set of designators identified in the polling of the data formatters; and

storing test data corresponding to the ones of the set of designators identified in the polling of the data formatters.

11. A method in accordance with claim 10, further comprising reviewing the test data to identify test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators located in the polling of the data formatters, and bypassing the test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators located in the polling of the data formatters.

12. A method in accordance with claim 10, further comprising bypassing the test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators identified in the polling of the data formatters.

13. A method in accordance with claim 10, further comprising generating data objects from the test data with a data populator/remover, wherein reviewing the test data includes reviewing the data objects generated from the test data to identify the data objects corresponding to the ones of the set of designators identified in the polling of the data formatters, and wherein storing test data includes storing the data objects corresponding to the ones of the set of designators identified in the polling of the data formatters.

14. A method in accordance with claim 13, further comprising bypassing the test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators located in the polling of the data formatters, and wherein the data populator/remover includes code for bypassing the test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators identified in the polling of the client formatters.

15. A method in accordance with claim 13, further comprising bypassing the test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators located in the polling of the data formatters.

16. A method in accordance with claim 13, further comprising bypassing the test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators located in the polling of the data formatters prior to storage of the data objects, and wherein code of the data populator/remover allows bypass of the test data prior to storage thereof.

17. A method in accordance with claim 10, further comprising bypassing the test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators located in the polling of the data formatters prior to storing the data objects corresponding to the ones of the set of designators identified in the polling of the data formatters.

18. A method in accordance with claim 17, further comprising generating data objects from the test data with a data populator/remover subsequent to bypassing the test data not corresponding to the ones of the set of designators, wherein the code of the data populator/remover allows bypass of the test data prior to generation of the data objects, and wherein storing test data includes storing the data objects corresponding to the ones of the set of designators identified in the polling of the data formatters.

19. A method in accordance with claim 10, further comprising providing a data model for storing the test data.

20. A method in accordance with claim 10, further comprising writing the test data to output files.

21. A method in accordance with claim 20, wherein writing the test data to the output files creates at least one selected from the group consisting of an STDF file, an ASCII file, an XML file, and an EDL file.

22. A method in accordance with claim 20, wherein the output files include at least one STDF file.

23. A method in accordance with claim 20, wherein the output files include at least one ASCII file.

24. A method in accordance with claim 20, wherein the output files include at least one XML file.

25. A method in accordance with claim 20, wherein the output files include at least one EDL file.