Method of and system for managing test case versions

A system for managing test case versions, which comprises:

• a test case database, said test case database including a set of test case versions, each of said test case versions being associated with an application program version, wherein each test case version in said test case database is assigned a date order sequence version number;
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• means, responsive to a user request for a test case version for use with respect to a particular application version, for selecting a best candidate test case version from said test case database, said means for selecting including,
• means for selecting a subset of test case versions from said test case database, said subset including test case versions associated with said particular application program version and application program versions earlier than said particular application program version,
• means for selecting the latest application program version included in said subset of test case versions, and,
• means for selecting the latest test case version from the versions for said selected latest application program version.

A method of managing test cases, comprising:

• receiving a request for a test case, said request indicating a particular version of an application program;
• selecting a plurality of test cases from a database of test cases based on the indicated version of the application program, each of the test cases being associated with an application program version and a test case version;
• selecting a test case from the selected test cases based on the associated test case version, wherein the selected test cases include test case versions associated with the particular application program version and application program versions earlier than the particular application program version, and the latest application program version and the latest test case version are selected from the selected test cases;
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• providing the selected test case in response to the request.

A method of managing test cases, comprising:

• receiving a request for a test case, said request indicating a platform and a version of an application program;
• determining if there is at least one test case that is associated with the platform of the application program;
• if there is not at least one test case that is associated with the platform of the application program, then:
• selecting a plurality of test cases from a database of test cases based on the indicated version of the application program, each of the test cases being associated with an alternative hardware platform, an application program version, and a test case version;
• and
• selecting a test case from the selected test cases based on the associated test case version;
• and
• providing the selected test case in response to the request.