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Method and apparatus to semantically connect independent build and test processes

US9619373B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16References

8Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Stefan Alexander · Waterloo, CA
René Pietzsch · Leipzig, DE
Sebastian Schaefer · Eppelheim, DE
Andreas Trinks · Stuttgart, DE
Henning Wilbert · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2010
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/368
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide an improved, less error prone method for testing codes of a software application the following steps are proposed: defining for each test case comprised of a predefined test suite a specific footprint according to its test property, wherein said test case footprint comprises references defining which code sections are tested by said test case, marking code sections of the software application to be tested, identifying a test case of the test suite using its footprint matching at least a part of the marked code of the software application, and applying the identified test case on the software application.

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