US 9,792,201 B2 · Test support device and test support method

Abstract

A test support device which can test all configurations of a system including a specific system component, comprehensively and quickly, is provided. A test support device (100) includes a storage unit (102) and an extraction processing unit (101). A configuration of a system is defined with a plurality of functionalities to be maintained by the system and a set of programs implementing the functionalities respectively. The storage unit (102) stores component-relation information (201) which indicates an identifier of each of one or more systems, an identifier of each of a plurality of functionalities to be maintained by each of the systems, and an identifier of each of one or more programs being capable of implementing each of the functionalities. The extraction processing unit (101) extracts, when a functionality or a program is specified, a configuration of a system including the specified functionality or the specified program on the basis of the component-relation information (201), and outputs the extracted configuration of a system.

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Dependent claims

A test support device comprising:

a memory storing instructions;
and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
receive a request for a system configuration including a specified product;
store relation information indicating an identifier of each of one or more models, an identifier of each of a plurality of functionalities to be maintained by each model, and an identifier of each of one or more products capable of implementing each functionality, a configuration of each model defined by the plurality of functionalities maintained by the model and the products capable of implementing each functionality;
identify a functionality implemented by the specified product, from the relation information;
extract a set of extracted models that maintain the identified functionality, from the relation information;
generate a set of test cases for the extracted models and a set of configurations for the extracted models, for each extracted model of the set of extracted models, including instructions to:
extract a set of functionalities to be maintained by the extracted model, from the relation information;
generate, for each extracted functionality of the set of extracted functionalities, a set of implementing products capable of implementing the extracted functionality, from the relation information;
and
extract a configuration of the extracted model, as one of the set of configurations, by calculating directly product between the sets of implementing products generated for the extracted functionalities, from the relation information;
store test case information including an identifier of a test case related to the extracted model, as one of the set of test cases, from the relation information;
and
output the identifier of the test case related to the extracted model;
construct a set of systems, each system configured in accordance with a corresponding configuration of the set of configurations;
and
test the set of systems, each system tested based on a corresponding test case having the outputted identifier of the set of test cases.

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A test support method comprising:

receiving, by a test support device, a request for a system configuration including a specified product;
storing, by the test support device, relation information indicating an identifier of each of one or more models, an identifier of each of a plurality of functionalities to be maintained by each model, and an identifier of each of one or more products capable of implementing each functionality, a configuration of each model defined by the plurality of functionalities maintained by the model and the products capable of implementing each functionality;
identifying, by the test support device, a functionality implemented by the specified product, from the relation information;
extracting, by the test support device, a set of extracted models that maintain the identified functionality, from the relation information;
generating, by the test support device, a set of test cases for the extracted models and a set of configurations for the extracted models by, for each extracted model of the set of extracted models:
extracting a set of functionalities to be maintained by the extracted model, from the relation information;
generating, for each extracted functionality of the set of extracted functionalities, a set of implementing products capable of implementing the extracted functionality, from the relation information;
and
extracting a configuration of the extracted model, as one of the set of configurations, by calculating directly product between the sets of implementing products generated for the extracted functionalities, from the relation information;
storing test case information including an identifier of a test case related to the extracted model, as one of the set of test cases, from the relation information;
and
outputting the identifier of the test case related to the extracted model;
constructing, by the test support device, a set of systems, each system configured in accordance with a corresponding configuration of the set of configurations;
and
testing, by the test support device, the set of systems, each system tested based on a corresponding test case having the outputted identifier of the set of test cases.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium recording thereon a computer program causing a computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request for a system configuration including a specified product;
storing relation information indicating an identifier of each of one or more models, an identifier of each of a plurality of functionalities to be maintained by each model, and an identifier of each of one or more products capable of implementing each functionality, a configuration of each model defined by the plurality of functionalities maintained by the model and the products capable of implementing each functionality;
identifying a functionality implemented by the specified product, from the relation information;
extracting a set of extracted models that maintain the identified functionality, from the relation information;
generating a set of test cases for the extracted models and a set of configurations for the extracted models by, for each extracted model of the set of extracted models:
extracting a set of functionalities to be maintained by the extracted model, from the relation information;
generating, for each extracted functionality of the set of extracted functionalities, a set of implementing products capable of implementing the extracted functionality, from the relation information;
and
extracting a configuration of the extracted model, as one of the set of configurations, by calculating directly product between the sets of implementing products generated for the extracted functionalities, from the relation information;
storing test case information including an identifier of a test case related to the extracted model, as one of the set of test cases, from the relation information;
and
outputting the identifier of the test case related to the extracted model;
constructing a set of systems, each system configured in accordance with a corresponding configuration of the set of configurations;
and
testing the set of systems, each system tested based on a corresponding test case having the outputted identifier of the set of test cases.

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A test support device comprising:

means for receiving a request for a system configuration including a specified product;
means for storing relation information indicating an identifier of each of one or more models, an identifier of each of a plurality of functionalities to be maintained by each model, and an identifier of each of one or more products capable of implementing each functionality, a configuration of each model defined by the plurality of functionalities maintained by the model and the products capable of implementing each functionality;
means for identifying a functionality implemented by the specified product, from the relation information;
means for extracting a set of extracted models that maintain the identified functionality, from the relation information;
means for generating a set of test cases for the extracted models and a set of configurations for the extracted models by, for each extracted model of the set of extracted models:
extracting a set of functionalities to be maintained by the extracted model, from the relation information;
generating, for each extracted functionality of the set of extracted functionalities, a set of implementing products capable of implementing the extracted functionality, from the relation information;
and
extracting a configuration of the extracted model, as one of the set of configurations, by calculating directly product between the sets of implementing products generated for the extracted functionalities, from the relation information;
storing test case information including an identifier of a test case related to the extracted model, as one of the set of test cases, from the relation information;
and
outputting the identifier of the test case related to the extracted model;
means for constructing a set of systems, each system configured in accordance with a corresponding configuration of the set of configurations;
and
means for testing the set of systems, each system tested based on a corresponding test case having the outputted identifier of the set of test cases.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description8,737 words

Summary1,090 words

#This application is a National Stage Entry of PCT/JP2013/007192 filed on Dec. 6, 2013, which claims priority from Japanese Patent Application 2012-270364 filed on Dec. 11, 2012, the contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety.

#The present invention relates to a test support device and a test support method.

#In general, constructing a software system means arranging an environment in which plural and different pieces of middleware, which are installed or set, work cooperatively.

Brief description of the drawings21 figures

#FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a characteristic configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a test support device 100 in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processes carried out by the test support device 100 in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed description7,188 words

#A first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be explained.

#Firstly, a configuration according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be explained. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a test support device 100 in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

#With reference to FIG. 2, the test support device 100 of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an extraction processing unit (or extraction unit) 101 and a storage unit 102. The test support device 100 is communicatably connected with an input and output device 110 used by a user for inputting and outputting information, through a network or the like.

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Application

14/649,292Filed 6 Dec 2013

Priority

JP 2012-27036411 Dec 2012

Published

US 2015/0317239 A15 Nov 2015

Granted

17 Oct 2017

Term ends

6 Mar 2034

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 90 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification6 codes

G06F 11/3698
Prevention of errors by analysis, debugging or testing of software: environments for analysis, debugging or testing of software
G06F 8/71
Software maintenance or management: version control ; Configuration management
G06F 8/75
Software maintenance or management: structural analysis for program understanding
G06F 11/368
Test management: for test version control, e.g. updating test cases to a new software version

Timeline

11 Dec 2012Priority claimedJP 2012-270364
6 Dec 2013Application filedUS 14/649,292
3 Jun 2015Assigned to NEC Corporationassignment of assignor's interest
5 Nov 2015PublishedUS 2015/0317239 A1
17 Oct 2017GrantedUS 9,792,201 B2
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
6 Mar 2034Term endsEstimated, includes 90 days of adjustment

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