Patent ID: 9053240
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for centrally managing the execution of tests of software in an event oriented manner, the method comprising: reading, by a test execution engine, a first test case from a test case component, where the first test case represents tasks that have to be run to test a first procedure of a software program under evaluation; identifying a participant node configured for sending events to an event queue; providing, by the test execution engine to the participant node, a test case definition of the first test case, the test case definition corresponding to a first event which, when detected, indicates that the first test case should be evaluated; obtaining events from the event queue; evaluating the obtained events to determine whether the first procedure of the software program under evaluation executed successfully; and indicating whether the first procedure executed properly; wherein: the participant node has a node agent for: