Patent ID: 7721261
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of creating pairwise combinatorial test cases from system configuration data comprising: processing a graphic representation of the system configuration data, wherein parameters are represented by nodes of the graphic representation and parameter values are represented by flows linking the nodes of the graphic representation; identifying flows that connect nodes in the graphic representation that have not been paired with all values of each other parameter of the graphic representation, each flow having a corresponding value that can be taken on by a respective node; and generating a plurality of pairwise combinatorial test cases, each pairwise combinatorial test case being specified by a path running through the graphic representation beginning at a first of the nodes and ending at a terminal node, and paired values along the path, wherein the plurality of pairwise combinatorial test cases pairs each value with all values of other nodes; wherein pairwise combinatorial test cases are created and stored in a machine readable storage based upon the identified paths.