DATA-DRIVEN TESTING WITHOUT DATA CONFIGURATION

• US 20100235816A1
• Filed: 03/16/2009
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sharma, Neeraj S., Yadav, Abhishek
• Granted Patent: US 9,575,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/126
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/368 for test version control, e.g. updating test cases to a new software version
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3692 for test results analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3696 Methods or tools to render software testable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

In software development, the provision of a testing tool which includes a method for defining a data source dynamically during an execution run, instead of programming such a definition within test script.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accepting software; and

testing the software;

said testing comprising;

creating a verification point;

storing reference data in the verification point; and

subsequently employing the reference data in validating the software.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein creating of a verification point comprises leaving test script intact.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said testing is immune to user interface changes between tests.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising modifying the verification point.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said modifying comprises including a reference to historical data in the verification point.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising employing the verification point to refer to historical changes between product versions.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said employing comprises employing the verification point to refer to historical changes between two product versions that are earlier versions than a current product version.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said creating of a verification point comprises including a filter to narrow a scope of data capture.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a main memory;

a software testing arrangement in communication with said main memory;

said software testing arrangement acting to;

create a verification point;

store reference data in the verification point; and

subsequently employ the reference data in validating software.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said software testing arrangement acts to create a verification point via leaving test script intact.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said software testing arrangement acts to test software while being immune to user interface changes between tests.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said software testing arrangement further acts to modify the verification point.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said software testing arrangement acts to modify the verification point via including a reference to historical data in the verification point.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said software testing arrangement further acts to employ the verification point to refer to historical changes between product versions.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said software testing arrangement acts to employ the verification point to refer to historical changes between two product versions that are earlier versions than a current product version.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said software testing arrangement acts to create a verification point via including a filter to narrow a scope of data capture.

17. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising:

accepting software; and

testing the software;

said testing comprising;

creating a verification point;

storing reference data in the verification point; and

subsequently employing the reference data in validating the software.

18. The program storage device according to claim 17, wherein creating of a verification point comprises leaving test script intact.

19. The program storage device according to claim 17, wherein said testing is immune to user interface changes between tests.

20. The program storage device according to claim 17, further comprising modifying the verification point.