Constructing test-centric model of application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10067859-B2
Application number	US-201715486047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 31, 2012
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A test-centric model of an application is constructed. Each resource specified by each test governing an application is added to the test-centric model. The test or tests specifying an resource are linked to the resource within the test-centric model. A composition of the application is defined using the one or more tests, as the resources specified by the one or more tests, within the test-centric model of the application.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor of a computing device, a list of resources specified by a test selected from a list of tests, the list of tests including tests to be used to test an application;
for each resource in the list of resources that is not within a test-centric model of the application, adding the respective resource to the test-centric model of the application, including
adding a child node representing the respective resource to a graph representing the test-centric model, wherein the child node includes information regarding the respective resource, and
adding an edge between the child node and a root node representing the application;

constructing, by the processor, a composition of the application using at least the respective resource within the test-centric model; and
after the respective resource is added to the test-centric model, linking the selected test to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein linking the selected test to the respective resource within the test-centric model includes:
linking requirements of the selected test related to the respective resource to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
linking detected defects of the respective resource to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the list of resources specified by the selected test includes querying the selected test without running the selected test on the application.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sequentially selecting a next test in the list of tests; and
for each of the next tests in the list of tests, determining a list of resources specified by the next test, adding any resources in the list that are not within the test-centric model of the application to the test-centric model, and linking the resources added to the test-centric model to the next test.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition of the application becomes known only after the construction of the composition based on at least the respective resource within the test-centric model.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a computing device cause the processor to:
determine a list of resources specified by a test selected from a list of tests, the list of tests including tests to be used to test an application;
for each resource in the list of resources that is not within a test-centric model of the application, add the respective resource to the test-centric model of the application; and
construct a composition of the application using at least the respective resource within the test-centric model,
wherein to add the respective resource to the test-centric model, the instructions are to cause the processor to:
add a child node representing the respective resource to a graph representing the test-centric model, the child node including information regarding the respective resource, and
add an edge between the child node and a root node representing the application, and
wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:
after the respective resource is added to the test-centric model, link the selected test to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein to link the selected test to the respective resource within the test-centric model, the instructions are to cause the processor to:
link requirements of the selected test related to the respective resource to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:
link detected defects of the respective resource to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein to determine the list of resources specified by the selected test, the instructions are to cause the processor to:
query the selected test without running the selected test on the application.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:
sequentially select a next test in the list of tests; and
for each of the next tests in the list of tests, determine a list of resources specified by the next test, add any resources in the list that are not within the test-centric model of the application to the test-centric model, and link the resources added to the test-centric model to the next test.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the composition of the application becomes known only after the construction of the composition based on at least the respective resource within the test-centric model.

13. A computing device comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
determine a list of resources specified by a test selected from a list of tests, the list of tests including tests to be used to test an application;
for each resource in the list of resources that is not within a test-centric model of the application, add the respective resource to the test-centric model of the application; and
construct a composition of the application using at least the respective resource within the test-centric model,
wherein to add the respective resource to the test-centric model, the instructions are to cause the processor to:
add a child node representing the respective resource to a graph representing the test-centric model, the child node including information regarding the respective resource, and
add an edge between the child node and a root node representing the application, and
wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:
after the respective resource is added to the test-centric model, link the selected test to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

14. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein to link the selected test to the respective resource within the test-centric model, the instructions are to cause the processor to:
link requirements of the selected test related to the respective resource to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

15. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:
link detected defects of the respective resource to the respective resource within the test-centric model.

16. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein to determine the list of resources specified by the selected test, the instructions are to cause the processor to:
query the selected test without running the selected test on the application.

17. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:
sequentially select a next test in the list of tests; and
for each of the next tests in the list of tests, determine a list of resources specified by the next test, add any resources in the list that are not within the test-centric model of the application to the test-centric model, and link the resources added to the test-centric model to the next test.

Assignees

• Entit Software Llc

Inventors

• Gurfinkel Oren
• Verhovsky Oleg
• Busi Eliraz
• Rafalovich Maya Yohay
• Isaacs Malcolm

Classifications

• G06F8/71

  Version control (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57); Configuration management · CPC title

• G06F8/70

  Software maintenance or management · CPC title

• G06F11/3684 Primary

  for test design, e.g. generating new test cases · CPC title

• G06F11/3608

  using formal methods, e.g. model checking, abstract interpretation (theorem proving G06N5/013) · CPC title

• G06F11/3688

  for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites · CPC title