Hierarchical accumulated validation system and method

A system comprising:

• a processor configured to hierarchically validate a graphically based logic control specification,
• a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor,
• the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• identifying, by a processor for hierarchically validating a graphically based logic control specification, a functional hierarchy of a first application of the control specification comprising a first feature that comprises a first module, the first module being at a lower layer or level than the first feature, and the first feature being at a lower layer or level than the first application;
• executing, by the processor, a first module test case on the first module to at least one of validate a structure of the first module or validate that a functional requirement of the first module is met;
• executing, by the processor, a first feature test case on the first feature after executing the first module test case to at least one of validate a structure of the first feature or validate that a functional requirement of the first feature is met;
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• executing, by the processor, a first application test case to the first application after executing the first feature test case to validate a functional requirement of the first application is met.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based system configured to hierarchically validate a graphically based logic control specification, cause the computer-based system to perform operations comprising:

• identifying, by the computer-based system, a functional hierarchy of a first application of the control specification comprising a first feature that comprises a first module, the first module being at a lower layer or level than the first feature, and the first feature being at a lower layer or level than the first application;
• executing, by the processor, a first module test case on the first module to at least one of validate a structure of the first module or validate that a functional requirement of the first module is met;
• executing, by the computer-based system, a first feature test case on the first feature after executing the first module test case to at least one of validate a structure of the first feature or validate that a functional requirement of the first feature is met;
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• executing, by the computer-based system, a first application test case to the first application after executing the first feature test case to validate a functional requirement of the first application is met.