Patent ID: 7949670
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving output text that is output by an application, the application being associated with a plurality of resource strings; iterating through the plurality of resource strings to identify a matching resource string that matches the output text, the matching resource string comprising: generating a regular expression pattern from the matching resource string, the regular expression pattern including a portion for the static text and a portion for the variables; matching the regular expression pattern to the output text produced by the application; indicating that the regular expression pattern and the output text match when the output text is a valid instance of the resource string and static text in the output text matches the static text of the resource string; and indicating that the regular expression pattern and the output text do not match when at least one of: the output text is not a valid instance of the resource string or static text in the output text does not match the static text of the resource string.