Automating software testing

• US 9,405,664 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2011
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Schwartz, Dror, Kraus, Moshe Eran, Monza, Sagi, Berkovitch, Ido, Levi, Ithai
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen, Wei
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bourzik, Brahim
• Application Number:
  US13/222,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20130055218A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• Field of Search: 717/131
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 a plurality of anchor points included within application instructions are triggered in response to input from a current operation within operation instructions;

if 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 based on a coherency factor of the one anchor point, the coherency factor representing a probability that the one anchor point will be triggered in response to repeated executions of the application instructions; and

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

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine an auxiliary factor for the one anchor point, the auxiliary factor representing a reliance by the one or more subsequent operations on the one anchor point, such that the one or more subsequent operations cannot begin until the one anchor point is complete.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to use the coherency factor and the auxiliary factor of the one anchor point to calculate a weight for the one anchor point.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the selected one anchor point has a highest weight of the triggered anchor points.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to gather attributes associated with the plurality of anchor points.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the attributes comprise timing information associated with, the one anchor point.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the auxiliary factor is at least partially based on the gathered attributes.

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

20. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an anchor point database coupled to the processor, the anchor point database to store an association between the one anchor point and the coherency factor.

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

determining whether a plurality of anchor points are triggered in response to input from a current operation within operation instructions, the plurality of anchor points representing a plurality of modules within the application instructions of an application wherein the plurality of modules process a plurality of types of input;

if 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 based on a percent probability the one anchor point will be triggered on recurring executions of the application to process a first type of input of the plurality of inputs associated with the one anchor point; and

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

10. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of anchor points is associated with a coherency factor, the coherency factor representing the percent probability that the associated anchor point will be triggered in response to the recurring executions of the application.

11. The method of claim 10, 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 associated anchor point, such that the one or more subsequent operations cannot begin until the associated 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

wherein the selecting the one anchor point that has a highest impact on a synchronicity occurs when the one anchor point has a highest weight of the triggered anchor points.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising gathering attributes associated with the triggered anchor points, the auxiliary factor being at least partially based on the gathered attributes.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the attributes comprise timing information associated with each of the triggered anchor points.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the operation instructions are pre-recorded user initiated actions.

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

determining whether a plurality of anchor points within application instructions are triggered in response to input from a current operation within operation instructions, the plurality of anchor points associated with a plurality of coherency factors representing a probability that an associated anchor point will be triggered in response to repeated executions of the operation instructions;

calculating a plurality of weights for the plurality of anchor points based on the plurality of coherency factors, a first weight of the plurality of weights representing a particular impact on synchronicity of a first anchor point of the plurality of anchor points between the current operation and subsequent operations;

if the plurality of anchor points are triggered, selecting the first anchor point when the first weight has a highest impact on a synchronicity between the current operation and the subsequent operations in the operation instructions among the plurality of weights; and

generating instructions that configure a processor to pause, after the current operation completes, until the first anchor point completes, before advancing to the subsequent operations.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein selecting the first anchor point comprises:

determining a plurality of auxiliary factors for the plurality of anchor points, a first auxiliary factor of the plurality of auxiliary factors representing a reliance by the subsequent operations on the first anchor point, such that the subsequent operations cannot begin until the first anchor point is complete; and

using the coherency factor and the auxiliary factor of each of the plurality of anchor points to calculate the plurality of weights.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising gathering attributes associated with the plurality of anchor points, the attributes comprise timing information associated with the plurality of anchor points, the plurality of auxiliary factors being at least partially based on the gathered attributes.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operation instructions are pre-recorded user initiated actions.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

storing associations between the plurality of anchor points nd the plurality of weights in an anchor point table.