Patent ID: 8438545

Claim:
A method, comprising: identifying at least one validation entity utilized and stored independently of a testing tool for testing computer code, the at least one validation entity including at least one attribute for use in storing data associated with a test result; testing the computer code using a test and generating a result of the testing as the test result, where the testing tool includes the test of the computer code and where the testing tool supplies external data required for executing the test of the computer code; populating the at least one attribute of the at least one validation entity with a location path for retrieving the result of the test of the computer code during the testing of the computer code; and validating the result of the test of the computer code, where the populated at least one attribute of the at least one validation entity is utilized to retrieve the result of the test of the computer code from the testing tool; wherein the test of the computer code is located and executed on a client computer on which the computer code is located, and the at least one validation entity is stored on a server computer in communication with the client computer; wherein the test of the computer code is performed by the testing tool, the result of the test is sent from the testing tool to the server computer for validation using the at least one validation entity, and results of the validation are transmitted by the server computer to the testing tool.