Patent ID: 8856743
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-assisted method for software testing and validation, the method comprising: generating, by a processor of a computing device, an abstract model defined by data embedded in a software application under test (SAUT), said generating comprising: executing, by the processor, a test script, wherein the test script navigates the abstract model thereby invoking an action of the test region and/or verifying an output of the test region, wherein the abstract model enables the test script to navigate the abstract model by one or both of (a) directly accessing the test region using the tag thereby locating the test region regardless of location of the test region within the abstract model, and/or (b) using the hierarchical information to navigate up or down the hierarchy re-executing, by the processor, the test script to test an altered test region, wherein the altered test region has been altered by at least one of relocating and redefining the altered test region of the SAUT, the altering resulting in a change of expression of the abstract model of the altered test region without affecting other test regions within the SAUT, wherein the test script is unaffected by updates or changes outside the altered test region.