Automatic context management for web applications with client side code execution

A device for automatic context management for testing, monitoring and automating network applications, comprising network applications with client side code execution, said device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing processing instructions for controlling the processor, the processor operative with the processing instructions to:
• record at least one context-full test script;
• and
• execute said context-full test script using a context-full API for a replay engine of a testing, monitoring, or automating tool.

A device for automatic context management for testing, monitoring and automating network applications, comprising network applications with client side code execution, said device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing processing instructions for controlling the processor, the processor operative with the processing instructions to:
• record at least one context-full test script;
• determine at least one parser extension using an extensible document parser of a context-full page-level API for a replay engine of a testing, monitoring, or automating tool;
• include a replay instruction specifying at least one parser addition and parameters for said parser addition in said at least one parser extension;
• select said parser addition for said parser extension from a library of parser additions;
• implement a specific parsing algorithm using each of said parser additions of said library of parser additions;
• implement an algorithm for parsing hyperlinks from a HTML document using said parser addition of said library of parser additions;
• parse hyperlinks by searching text between a left and a right boundary string using said algorithm;
• and
• execute said context-full test script using said context-full page-level API for said replay engine.

A device for automatic context management for testing, monitoring and automating network applications, comprising network applications with client side code execution, said device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing processing instructions for controlling the processor, the processor operative with the processing instructions to:
• record at least one context-full test script;
• generate form merging replay instructions in a context-full page-level API for a replay engine of a testing, monitoring, or automating tool, said form merging instructions comprising:
• a reference to a form in a previously downloaded web page, said form in said previously downloaded web page being an HTML form;
• a reference to a form in said test script, said form in said test script being a script form;
• and instructions for merging said HTML form and said script form to produce a form to be submitted;
• and
• execute said context-full test script using said context-full page-level API for said replay engine.