US 2011/0258600 A1Published application

Using a dsl for calling apis to test software

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsKyrylo Osenkov, Gabriel Esparza-Romero, Damon C. Tivel, Vijaya K. Upadya, Eric I. Maino, Ryan J. Cavanaugh, Christopher Alan Smith

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Abstract

A test case is abstracted into a re-useable script or other declarative form that expresses the intent of a task rather that defining how the test will be performed. Tools translate the declarative test into a series of steps corresponding to code that implements the action indicated in the declarative test. The schema for the tests can be dynamic. New forms of test cases can take advantage of new actions so that the library of actions can be extended. Libraries are interchangeable. Test cases can be generated using a state machine. New test cases can be composed dynamically using a state machine to create new test cases.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a processor and a memory including a module configured to cause the processor to:
execute a test engine that receives a test case for testing software,
wherein the test case comprises an abstraction of a testing intent, the testing intent specified by declarative statements that are independent of implementation of the software, the declarative statements specifying at least one of a plurality of actions,
wherein the plurality of actions are stored in at least one of a plurality of libraries, wherein actions associated with a first implementation of the software are stored in a first library of the plurality of libraries and actions associated with a second implementation of the software are stored in a second library of the plurality of libraries, so that the test engine tests the first implementation of the software by performing the actions specified by the test case by calling actions in the first library and
wherein the test engine tests the second implementation of the software by performing the actions specified by the test case by calling actions in the second library.

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