Multi-platform test automation enhancement

• US 9,069,903 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2013
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Yee Kang, Li, Bosco
• Primary Examiner(s): Lottich, Joshua P
• Application Number:
  US14/038,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20140033177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 714/38, 714/38.1, 714/38.14, 717/124, 717/125
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to host platform configuration for software testing and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for multi-platform test automation. In an embodiment of the invention, a multi-platform test automation data processing system can include a test automation controller enabled for coupling to multiple, different designated host computing platforms. Each of the different designated host computing platforms can host the execution of an application under test. The test automation controller can include a configuration for dispatching test commands to the different designated host computing platforms based upon provided test case documents, topology data and a general function file. In this way, tests can be constructed from a set of test commands without regard to the underlying details of different, target host computing platforms.

Claims

1. A multi-platform test automation data processing system comprising a test automation controller enabled for coupling to a plurality of different designated host computing platforms, each of said different designated host computing platforms hosting the execution of an application under test, said test automation controller comprising a configuration for dispatching test commands to said different designated host computing platforms based upon provided test case documents, at least one topology document and a general function file topology document specifying a set of software paths, configuration parameters and log paths for one or more specific machine platform types.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said test case documents each comprise a definition file specifying commands to be executed for testing an application in said different designated host computing platforms.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one topology document comprises stored machine configurations for at least one corresponding one of the designated host computing platforms.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said machine configurations comprise at least one of a set of software paths, configuration parameters and log paths for specific machine platform types.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said general function file comprises a document library storing a set of commands and a corresponding syntax for each of said commands for specific machine platform types.

6. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium comprising a memory device having computer usable program code for multi-platform test automation, said computer program product including:

computer usable program code for processing topology data to configure a testing environment for a specified host computing platform, the topology data specifying a set of software paths, configuration parameters and log paths for one or more specific machine platform types;

computer usable program code for formatting test commands in a syntax for said specified host computing platform;

computer usable program code for dispatching said formatted test commands to said host computing platform to conduct testing operations within said configured testing environment for said host computing platform; and

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computer usable program code for performing said processing, formatting and dispatching for different host computing platforms.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

computer usable program code for comparing results from said dispatched commands with expected results for said dispatched commands; and

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computer usable program code for performing error handling where said results are unexpected.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein said computer usable program code for performing error handling where said results are unexpected comprises:

computer usable program code for matching said unexpected results to a known condition; and

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computer usable program code for executing recovery logic in response to said matching.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising computer usable program code for reporting said results.