US 2013/0159975 A1 · DETECTING A BROKEN POINT IN A WEB APPLICATION AUTOMATIC TEST CASE

Abstract

Testing a broken point in a web application automatic test case is performed by a system that includes a recording module configured to, when the test case runs, for a step in the test case, record a web page output corresponding to the step, and information of an element manipulated by the step. The web page output has an annotation for identifying the web page output. The system also includes a rendering engine module configured to, after the web application has been updated, for the recorded step, render a web page output of the updated web page with the same annotation. The system also includes a detecting module configured to detect whether the rendered web page output of the updated web page contains the element manipulated by the recorded step, and determine the step as a broken point when the rendered web page output does not contain the element.

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Dependent claims

A system for detecting a broken point in a web application automatic test case, comprising:

a recording module configured to, when the automatic test case runs, for a step in the automatic test case, record a web page output for a web page corresponding to the step, and information of an element manipulated by the step in the web page output, the web page output including an annotation for identifying the web page output;
a rendering engine module configured to, after the web application has been updated, for the recorded web page output corresponding to the step of the automatic test case, render a web page output of an updated web page with the same annotation as appearing in the web page output corresponding to the step;
a detecting module configured to detect whether rendered web page output of the updated web page contains the element manipulated by the step, and determine the step as a broken point when a result of the detecting indicates the rendered web page output does not contain the element.

A method for detecting a broken point in a web application automatic test case, comprising:

when the web application automatic test case runs, for a step in the automatic test case, recording a web page output for a web page corresponding to the step, and information of an element manipulated by the step in the web page output, the web page output including an annotation for identifying the web page output;
after the web application has been updated, for the recorded web page output corresponding to the step of the automatic test case, rendering a web page output of an updated web page with the same annotation as appearing in the web page output corresponding to the step;
detecting whether rendered web page output of the updated web page contains the element manipulated by the step, and determining the step as a broken point when a result of the detecting indicates the rendered web page output does not contain the element.

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Detecting a broken point in a web application automatic test case

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Detecting a broken point in a web application automatic test case

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Abstract

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