INTEGRATING TEMPLATES INTO TESTS

• US 20110209004A1
• Filed: 02/22/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kadry, Wisam, Goryachev, Alex, Morad, Ronny, Shusterman, Sergey
• Granted Patent: US 8,397,217 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3668 Software testing software testing in telephone exchanges H04M3/242, testing of hardware G06F11/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management

Abstract

Test template may comprise a source code template instruction associated with source code commands. The source code template instruction is utilized in generation of a test. The generation of instructions associated with the source code template instruction takes into account utilization of shared resources by both the source code commands and by generated instructions that are generated by other template instructions.

Claims

1. An apparatus having a processor, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a test template, the test template comprises a plurality of template instructions, the plurality of template instruction comprises a source code template instruction, the source code template instruction comprises a source code command;

a test generator configured to generate a test in accordance with the test template received by said receiver, the test generator comprising;

a resource manager configured to manage resources utilized by the test;

an instruction generator configured to generate a first instruction based on a template instruction of the plurality of template instructions;

a code generator configured to generate a second instruction based on the source code template instruction, the second instruction is associated with the source code command, said code generator is configured to utilize said resource manager.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said instruction generator is configured to utilize said resource manager.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said code generator utilizes a compiler, the compiler is configured to compile the source code command.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said test generator comprises the compiler.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the source code command is a machine language command.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the source code command is a high level programming language command.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said resource manager utilizing an address translator configured to translate an address of a first type to an address of a second type.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said resource manager comprising a register allocation module.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said resource manager comprising a variable allocation module.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said code generator comprising a generation parameter utilization module.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said code generator comprising a simulation parameter utilization module.

12. A method for generating a test based on a test template, the method comprising:

receiving the test template, the test template comprises a plurality of template instructions, the plurality of template instruction comprises a source code template instruction, the source code template instruction comprises a source code command;

generating the test based on the test template, said generating the test comprises;

generating a first instruction based on a first template instruction of the plurality of template instructions;

generating a second instruction based on the source code template instruction; and

wherein said generating the first instruction and generating a second instruction comprising;

managing shared resources utilized by the first instruction and by the second instruction;

whereby the test template is transformed to a test.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said generating the second instruction comprises compiling the source code command of the source code template instruction.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein said managing shared resources comprises allocating memory for variables defined in the source code.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein said managing shared resources comprises generating instructions configured to restore value of a memory element utilized by the second instruction.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the memory element is a register.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein said managing shared resources comprises translating an address of a first type to an address of a second type.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein said generating the second instruction comprises obtaining values of generation parameters;

and utilizing the values of the generation parameters in said generating the second instruction.

19. A computer program product for generating a test based on a test template comprising:

a computer readable medium;

a first program instruction for receiving the test template, the test template comprises a plurality of template instructions, the plurality of template instruction comprises a source code template instruction, the source code template instruction comprises a source code command;

a second program instruction for generating the test based on the test template, said second program instruction comprises;

a third program instruction for generating a first instruction based on a first template instruction of the plurality of template instructions;

a fourth program instruction for generating a second instruction based on the source code template instruction; and

wherein said third and fourth program instructions comprising a fifth program instruction for managing shared resources utilized by the first instruction and by the second instruction; and

wherein said first, second, third, fourth and fifth program instructions are stored on said computer readable medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein said fifth program instruction is operative to translate an address of a first type to an address of a second type.