Automating Software Testing

• US 20130055218A1
• Filed: 08/31/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dror Schwartz
• Inventors: Schwartz, Dror, Kraus, Moshe Eran, Monza, Sagi, Levi, Ithai, Berkovitch, Ido
• Granted Patent: US 9,405,664 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3604 Software analysis for verifying properties of programs byte-code verification G06F9/44589
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3676 for coverage analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3692 for test results analysis

Abstract

A system and method of automating software testing is provided. The system and method may determine whether some of a plurality of anchor points within application instructions is triggered in response to input from a current operation within operation instructions. If some of the plurality of anchor points is triggered, one of the triggered anchor points may be selected. Instructions may be generated that configure a given processor to pause after the current operation until the selected one of the triggered anchor points completes.

Claims

1. A system for automating software testing, the system comprising a processor configured to:

determine whether some of a plurality of anchor points included within application instructions is triggered in response to input from a current operation within operation instructions;

if some of the plurality of anchor points is triggered, select one of the triggered anchor points that has a highest impact on a synchronicity between the current operation and one or more subsequent operations in the operation instructions; and

generate instructions that configure a given processor to pause, after the current operation completes, until the selected one of the triggered anchor points completes, before advancing to the one or more subsequent operations.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of anchor points is associated with a coherency factor, the coherency factor representing a probability that a given anchor point will be triggered in response to repeated executions of the operation instructions.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to determine an auxiliary factor for each of the triggered anchor points, the auxiliary factor representing a reliance by the one or more subsequent operations on the given anchor point, such that the one or more subsequent operations cannot begin until the given anchor point is complete.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to use the coherency factor and the auxiliary factor of each of the triggered anchor points to calculate a weight for each triggered anchor point.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the selected one of the triggered anchor points has a highest weight of the triggered anchor points.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to gather attributes associated with the triggered anchor points.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the attributes comprise timing information associated with each of the triggered anchor points.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the auxiliary factor is at least partially based on the gathered attributes.

9. The system claim 1, wherein the operation instructions are pre-recorded user initiated actions.

10. A method of automating software testing, the method comprising:

determining whether some of a plurality of anchor points included within application instructions are triggered in response to input from a current operation within operation instructions;

if the some of the plurality of anchor points are triggered, selecting one of the triggered anchor points that has a highest impact on a synchronicity between the current operation and one or more subsequent operations in the operation instructions; and

generating instructions that configure a given processor to pause, after the current operation completes, until the selected one of the triggered anchor points completes, before advancing to the one or more subsequent operations.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of anchor points is associated with a coherency factor, the coherency factor representing a probability that a given anchor point will be triggered in response to repeated executions of the operation instructions.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein selecting one of the triggered anchor points comprises:

determining an auxiliary factor for each of the triggered anchor points, the auxiliary factor representing a reliance by the one or more subsequent operations on the given anchor point, such that the one or more subsequent operations cannot begin until the given anchor point is complete;

using the coherency factor and the auxiliary factor of each of the triggered anchor points to calculate a weight for each triggered anchor point; and

selecting the one triggered anchor point, the one triggered anchor point having a highest weight of the triggered anchor points.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising gathering attributes associated with the triggered anchor points, the auxiliary factor being at least partially based on the gathered attributes.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the attributes comprise timing information associated with each of the triggered anchor points.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the operation instructions are pre-recorded user initiated actions.

16. A computer readable medium having instructions therein that implement a method of automating software testing, the method comprising:

determining whether some of a plurality of anchor points within application instructions are triggered in response to input from a current operation within operation instructions;

if the some of the plurality of anchor points are triggered, selecting one of the triggered anchor points that has a highest impact on a synchronicity between the current operation and one or more subsequent operations in the operation instructions; and

generating instructions that configure a given processor to pause, after the current operation completes, until the selected one of the triggered anchor points completes, before advancing to the one or more subsequent operations.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein each of the plurality of anchor points is associated with a coherency factor, the coherency factor representing a probability that a given anchor point will be triggered in response to repeated executions of the operation instructions.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein selecting one of the triggered anchor points comprises:

determining an auxiliary factor for each of the triggered anchor points, the auxiliary factor representing a reliance by the one or more subsequent operations on the given anchor point, such that the one or more subsequent operations cannot begin until the given anchor point is complete;

using the coherency factor and the auxiliary factor of each of the triggered anchor points to calculate a weight for each triggered anchor point; and

selecting the one triggered anchor point, the one triggered anchor point having a highest weight of the triggered anchor points.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising gathering attributes associated with the triggered anchor points, the attributes comprise timing information associated with each of the triggered anchor points, the auxiliary factor being at least partially based on the gathered attributes.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operation instructions are pre-recorded user initiated actions.