Patent ID: 7603334
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of generating coverage information identifying tested elements of a declarative data structure, the method comprising a computer processing device performing the following: exercising a first element of a declarative data structure, wherein the declarative data structure is at least one of a database, an XML schema, an OLAP cube, an HTML document, or a WSDL document; gathering information about the effects of exercising the first element of a declarative data structure on other elements of the same declarative data structure containing the first element of the declarative data structure; collating and analyzing the information gathered about the effects of exercising the first element of the declarative data structure on other elements of the same declarative data structure; and reporting the information gathered about the effects of exercising a first element of a declarative data structure on other elements in a human understandable format, including by presenting a graphical display illustrating a graphical representation of the declarative data structure the graphical display graphically illustrating elements of the declarative data structure that are covered.