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US 2006/0132480 A1Published application
Automatic testing of graphics programs
AssigneeSap SE
InventorKay Muller
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Abstract
A method and system to automatically test graphical output. A graphical output is generated in a format that permits automatic comparison with a reference graphic. The reference graphic is created and retained in the test format. The test format reference graphic is compared with the test format output graphic. The results of the comparison are used to generate a report of the discrepancies between the reference graphic and the output graphic.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- providing a reference graphic;
- generating a test graphic in a format common to the reference graphic;
- and
- automatically comparing the reference graphic with the test graphic to identify differences.
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A computer readable media containing instruction which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- divert graphics commands to a scalable vector graphics (SVG) stream to create a test graphic;
- retrieve a reference graphic from a memory;
- and
- automatically compare the test graphic with the reference graphic to identify differences.
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A system comprising:
- a repository to retain a reference graphic;
- a graphics program to create graphics commands;
- a hook to divert the graphics commands to a test format library;
- and
- a test module to compare the first graphic in the test format with the reference graphic in the test format.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for creating a reference graphic and a test graphic;
- and
- means for automatically comparing the test graphic with the reference graphic to identify differences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.