Patent ID: 8291387
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for testing a software application in accordance with a test suite, said method comprising: inserting into a test database a description of the test suite for testing the software application being tested (ABT), said ABT programmed to invoke multiple external software applications during execution of at least one test script of the test suite, each external application being replaced by a corresponding simulator such that the ABT invokes at least one of said corresponding simulators during execution of each test script, wherein each test script has been created by a test tool and is associated with a test tool adapter; inserting into the test database output data to be returned to the ABT by each simulator for each execution of each simulator in each test script, and after said inserting the description of the test suite and the output data into the test database, executing each test script of the at least one test script, said executing comprising for a test script of the at least one test script: