Method and system for generating a test file

A system for generating a test file, comprising:

• a computer processor;
• a program development tool, executing on the computer processor, for creating annotated test code using an object oriented programming language and comprising a first testing annotation, a second testing annotation, a class, and a method comprising test case code, wherein the first testing annotation defines an attribute value for an attribute of a test group, and wherein the second testing annotation defines an attribute value for an attribute of a test case, and
• a transformation tool executing on the computer processor and configured to:
• receive the annotated test code from the program development tool;
• parse the annotated test code to create a data structure representation of the annotated test code;
• generate, using the data structure representation, test code in a markup language according to a plurality of testing definitions to obtain generated test code, wherein generating the test code comprises:
• identifying the class in the data structure representation;
• determining, by an existence of the first testing annotation in the class, that the class is a test group class;
• obtaining a template for the test group class in response to determining that the class is the test group class;
• extracting, from the data structure representation, the attribute value for the attribute of the test group in the first testing annotation;
• identifying, from the first testing annotation, a markup language tag defining a first field in the template;
• populating a value of the first field in the template with the attribute value for the attribute of the test group;
• identifying the method in the data structure representation;
• determining, by an existence of the second testing annotation in the class, that the method corresponds to the test case;
• and
• creating, using the template, the test case in response to determining that the method corresponds to the test case by:
• extracting, from the data structure representation, the attribute value for the attribute of the test case in the second testing annotation;
• identifying, from the second testing annotation, a markup language tag defining a second field in the template;
• populating a value of the second field in the template with the attribute value for the attribute of the test case;
• and
• storing the test case code in a body of the test case;
• and
• store the generated test code in the test file.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer code embodied therein for causing a computer system to:

• receive annotated test code comprising a first testing annotation, a second testing annotation, a class, and a method comprising test case code,
• wherein the first testing annotation defines an attribute value for an attribute of a test group,
• wherein the second testing annotation defines an attribute value for an attribute of a test case, and
• wherein the annotated test code is written using an object oriented programming language;
• parse annotated test code to create a data structure representation of the annotated test code;
• generate, using the data structure representation, test code in a markup language according to a plurality of testing definitions to obtain generated test code,
• wherein generating the test code comprises:
• identifying the class in the data structure representation;
• determining, by an existence of the first testing annotation in the class, that the class is a test group class;
• obtaining a template for the test group class in response to determining that the class is the test group class;
• extracting, from the data structure representation, the attribute value for the attribute of the test group in the first testing annotation;
• identifying, from the first testing annotation, a markup language tag defining a first field in the template;
• populating a value of the first field in the template with the attribute value for the attribute of the test group;
• identifying the method in the data structure representation;
• determining, by an existence of the second testing annotation in the class, that the method corresponds to the test case;
• and
• creating, using the template, the test case in response to determining that the method corresponds to the test case by:
• extracting, from the data structure representation, the attribute value for the attribute of the test case in the second testing annotation;
• identifying, from the second testing annotation, a markup language tag defining a second field in the template;
• populating a value of the second field in the template with the attribute value for the attribute of the test case;
• and
• storing the test case code in a body of the test case;
• and
• store the generated test code in a test file.