Patent ID: 8387017
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for testing a computer software application, the method comprising: a) identifying a sink in a computer software application; b) identifying a source associated with said sink in said application; c) identifying an entry point associated with said source in said application, wherein said source is configured to receive input provided externally to an executable format of said application via said entry point; d) determining a sink type represented by said sink; and e) providing to a testing application information identifying said entry point and in association with said sink type, wherein the testing application is configured to apply an input via said entry point to the executable format of said application when said input is of a type that matches said sink type, wherein any of said identifying, determining, and providing steps are implemented in either of computer hardware and computer software and embodied in a computer-readable storage medium.