Test Driven Deployment and Monitoring of Heterogeneous Network Systems

A computer program product having a computer-readable medium having computer program instructions recorded thereon for testing a heterogeneous network including a plurality of interconnected component systems, each supporting one or more communication protocols, the computer program instruction comprising instructions for:

• normalizing communication protocols supported by the plurality of component systems into corresponding protocol grammars;
• representing the plurality of component systems as a set of objects with methods corresponding to supported protocol commands;
• generating a collection of method calls that correspond with a series of interactions among the plurality of component systems;
• converting the collection of method calls into protocol messages based on the corresponding protocol grammars;
• transmitting the protocol messages to the plurality of component systems;
• and
• determining whether the heterogeneous network functions properly based on returning messages received from the plurality of component systems.

An apparatus for testing a heterogeneous network including a plurality of interconnected component systems, each supporting one or more communication protocols, the apparatus comprising:

• a protocol engine configured for normalizing communication protocols supported by the plurality of component systems into corresponding protocol grammars, representing the plurality of component systems as a set of objects with methods corresponding to supported protocol commands, generating a collection of method calls that correspond with a series of interactions among the plurality of component systems, converting the collection of method calls into protocol messages based on the corresponding protocol grammars, and transmitting the protocol messages to the plurality of component systems;
• an assertion engine configured for determining whether the heterogeneous network functions properly based on returning messages received from the plurality of component systems;
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• a data store configured for storing the protocol grammars, the set of objects with methods, and the collection of method calls.