System and method for determining requirements for testing software

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016132422-A1
Application number	US-201414539234-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 12, 2014
Priority date	Nov 12, 2014
Publication date	May 12, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and system is provided for determining requirements for testing software. In an implementation, a method may include inspecting contents of a test case, including source code of the test case. The method may also include identifying at least one of: at least one characteristic of a test machine and at least one characteristic of a resource required to execute the test case correctly. The method may further include compiling a list of requirements for the test case to execute correctly based upon, at least in part, the at least one of the at least one characteristic of the test machine and the at least one characteristic of the resource.

First claim

1 .- 7 . (canceled)

8 . A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
inspecting contents of a test case, including source code of the test case; identifying at least one of: at least one characteristic of a test machine and at least one characteristic of a resource required to execute the test case correctly, wherein the at least one characteristic of the test machine is based upon, at least in part, inspecting a suffix of a filename associated with the test case; and compiling a list of requirements for the test case to execute correctly based upon, at least in part, the at least one of the at least one characteristic of the test machine and the at least one characteristic of the resource.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further including:
inspecting contents of a product-under-test, including source code of the product-under-test, wherein the test case tests the product-under-test.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , further including:
inspecting an environment under which the product-under-test is run, including different versions of operating systems.

11 . The computer program product of claim 9 , further including:
inspecting metadata associated with the test case and the product-under-test, including property files associated with the test case and the product-under-test.

12 . The computer program product of claim 9 , further including:
accessing at least one of: at least one test machine with the at least one characteristic of the test machine and at least one resource with the at least one characteristic of the resource.

13 . The computer program product of claim 12 , further including:
installing the product-under-test on at least one of: the at least one test machine and the at least one resource.

14 . The computer program product of claim 13 , further including:
executing the test case on the at least one of the at least one test machine and the at least one resource.

15 . A system comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor, the at least one processor configured for: inspecting contents of a test case, including source code of the test case; identifying at least one of: at least one characteristic of a test machine and at least one characteristic of a resource required to execute the test case correctly, wherein the at least one characteristic of the test machine is based upon, at least in part, inspecting a suffix of a filename associated with the test case; and compiling a list of requirements for the test case to execute correctly based upon, at least in part, the at least one of the at least one characteristic of the test machine and the at least one characteristic of the resource.

16 . The system of claim 15 , further including:
inspecting contents of a product-under-test, including source code of the product-under-test, wherein the test case tests the product-under-test.

17 . The system of claim 16 , further including:
inspecting an environment under which the product-under-test is run, including different versions of operating systems.

18 . The system of claim 16 , further including:
accessing at least one of: at least one test machine with the at least one characteristic of the test machine and at least one resource with the at least one characteristic of the resource.

19 . The system of claim 18 , further including:
installing the product-under-test on at least one of: the at least one test machine and the at least one resource.

20 . The system of claim 19 , further including:
executing the test case on the at least one of the at least one test machine and the at least one resource.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Allen Corville O
• Dingsor Andrew D
• Kozhaya Joseph N
• Price Dana L

Classifications

• G06F11/3688

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

• G06F11/3696 Primary

  Methods or tools to render software testable · CPC title

• G06F11/3684 Primary

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