Globalization testing management using a set of globalization testing operations

• US 9,767,011 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2015
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fan, Yang, Genty, Denise M., Tzen, Boyi, Liu, Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Krisna
• Application Number:
  US14/956,155
• Publication Number:
  US 20170153970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases
• 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

Disclosed aspects may include collecting a set of globalization data. The set of globalization data may relate to a set of globalization parameters. Based on the set of globalization data, it may be determined to execute a set of globalization testing operations. Accordingly, the set of globalization data may be processed by executing the set of globalization testing operations. In response to the processing, a set of globalization test output data can be established.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of globalization testing management by a server, the method comprising:

collecting, by the server and for processing using a set of globalization testing operations, a set of globalization data which relates to a set of globalization parameters;

determining, based on the set of globalization data, to execute the set of globalization testing operations by the server;

processing the set of globalization data by executing the set of globalization testing operations by the server;

establishing, by the server in response to processing the set of globalization data by executing the set of globalization testing operations, a set of globalization test output data;

determining, by the server based on the set of globalization test output data, a globalization test output; and

providing, by the server in response to determining the globalization test output, the globalization test output.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of globalization parameters includes:

a locale and a message buffer size; and

wherein the set of globalization data includes;

a locale identifier and a message buffer size value.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, based on the set of globalization data, to execute the set of globalization testing operations includes:

analyzing the set of globalization data; and

selecting, both based on and in response to analyzing the set of globalization data, the set of globalization testing operations from a candidate group of globalization testing operations, wherein the candidate group of globalization testing operations is selected from the group consisting of;

a truncation testing operation,

a translatability testing operation, and

an encoding testing operation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of globalization testing operations includes a translatability testing operation to determine a translation evaluation for a locale.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the translatability testing operation includes:

extracting, from the set of globalization data, a globalization sub-routine call order;

detecting a profile order for the locale which indicates a set of application program interface (API) commands for utilization to present a translated message in a particular language; and

determining, by comparing the globalization sub-routine call order with the profile order, the translation evaluation for the locale.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of globalization testing operations includes an encoding testing operation to determine an encoding evaluation for a locale.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the encoding testing operation includes:

extracting, from the set of globalization data, a set of product character data;

detecting a set of profile character data for the locale; and

determining, by comparing the set of product character data with the set of profile character data, the encoding evaluation for the locale.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of product character data includes a first encoding for a language, the set of profile character data includes a second encoding for the language, and wherein the encoding evaluation further comprises:

assigning a fail indicator to the set of globalization data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of globalization testing operations includes a truncation testing operation to determine a truncation evaluation for a second language to verify that a first selection from a first group consisting of a set of numbers, a set of dates, a set of currencies, and a set of characters are configured for presentation in a second selection from a second group consisting of an appropriate language for a locale and an appropriate format for the locale.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the truncation testing operation includes:

extracting, from the set of globalization data, a product buffer size for a first language;

detecting a profile buffer size for the second language;

computing, using both the product buffer size and the profile buffer size, a projected buffer size; and

determining, by comparing the projected buffer size with a threshold buffer size, the truncation evaluation for the second language.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

parsing the set of globalization data to extract a selection from a group consisting of at least one of;

an enabled language identifier, a locale identifier, a routine identifier, an application program interface identifier, or a message buffer size value; and

extracting, from the set of globalization data, the selection from the group consisting of at least one of;

the enabled language identifier, the locale identifier, the routine identifier, the application program interface identifier, or the message buffer size value.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the collecting, the determining, the processing, and the establishing each occur in an automated fashion without user intervention and without a test case.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

metering use of the globalization testing management without relying-on a test case; and

generating an invoice based on the metered use.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the server uses a cloud-based application program interface.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the globalization test output is selected from the group consisting of:

providing a pass indicator,

providing a fail indicator,

sending the globalization test output to a physically separate computer,

presenting the globalization test output, and

displaying the globalization test output.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

sending, by the server which uses the cloud-based application program interface to verify that a first selection from a first group consisting of a set of numbers, a set of dates, a set of currencies, and a set of characters are configured for presentation in a second selection from a second group consisting of an appropriate language for a locale and an appropriate format for the locale, the globalization test output to a physically separate computer.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the set of globalization data indicates a first selection from a first group consisting of data, facts, statistics, and information that relates to a second selection from a second group consisting of a region, a culture, a language, and a setting; and

the set of globalization parameters indicates a third selection from a third group consisting of a set of factors and a set of attributes that relates to a fourth selection from a fourth group consisting of a set of reference classifications for the set of globalization data and a set of reference categories for the set of globalization data.

18. A system for globalization testing management by a server, the system comprising:

a memory having a set of computer readable computer instructions, and

a processor for executing the set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions including;

collecting, by the server and for processing using a set of globalization testing operations, a set of globalization data which relates to a set of globalization parameters;

determining, based on the set of globalization data, to execute the set of globalization testing operations by the server;

processing the set of globalization data by executing the set of globalization testing operations by the server;

establishing, by the server in response to processing the set of globalization data by executing the set of globalization testing operations, a set of globalization test output data;

determining, by the server based on the set of globalization test output data, a globalization test output; and

providing, by the server in response to determining the globalization test output, the globalization test output.

19. A computer program product for globalization testing management by a server, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

collecting, by the server and for processing using a set of globalization testing operations, a set of globalization data which relates to a set of globalization parameters;

determining, based on the set of globalization data, to execute the set of globalization testing operations by the server;

processing the set of globalization data by executing the set of globalization testing operations by the server;

establishing, by the server in response to processing the set of globalization data by executing the set of globalization testing operations, a set of globalization test output data;

determining, by the server based on the set of globalization test output data, a globalization test output; and

providing, by the server in response to determining the globalization test output, the globalization test output.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein at least one of:

the program instructions are stored in the computer readable storage medium in a data processing system, and wherein the program instructions were downloaded over a network from a remote data processing system;

or

the program instructions are stored in the computer readable storage medium in a server data processing system, and wherein the program instructions are downloaded over a network to the remote data processing system for use in a second computer readable storage medium with the remote data processing system.