International Business Machines Corporation

Malcolm A Couldwell

Bernard Z Kufluk

Amardeep S Bhattal

Peter Timothy Crocker

Ian Gerald Craggs

James Clive Stewart

A method, apparatus and software are disclosed which enables the differentiation of two or more data sets having common data set identifiers.

Method, apparatus and software for differentiating two or more data sets having common data set identifiers

A method and system are provided for testing a graphical user (GUI) (). The method includes applying a test step () to a GUI under test () and finding a control in the GUI under test () to which the test step is to be applied. A model () is built dynamically of representations of the contents of the GUI under test () as a new control is found. The method includes finding a collection of dependent controls and representing the collection of controls in the GUI model () as a generalised pattern of the controls. The method applies a test step to the model () simultaneously with the GUI under test () and compares the results of the test step from the GUI under test () and from the model (). If a test step is applied to the model and it is determined that a representation of the control to which the test step is to be applied is not provided in the model (), a building rule () is executed to add a representation of the control to the model ().

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Winchester, United Kingdom

Malcolm A Couldwell