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Automated testing process

US8806437B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Mauro Arcese · Roma, IT
Marco Imperia · Roma, IT
Marco Mattia · Roma, IT
Genoveffa Nacchia · Roma, IT
Leonardo Rosati · Roma, IT
Stefano Sidoti · Roma, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2011
Grant date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3698
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and system for automating a test environment is provided. The method may include providing, at one or more computing devices, a superclass and a class-under-test, the superclass and the class-under-test having an inheritance chain therebetween. The method may further include inserting, via the computing device, an intermediate mock class between the superclass and the class-under-test. The method may also include automatically modifying, via the computing device, the class-under-test at runtime.

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