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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Stefan Alexander, Boeblingen, DE;
René Pietzsch, Boeblingen, DE;
Sebastian Schaefer, Boeblingen, DE;
Andreas Trinks, Boeblingen, DE;
Henning Wilbert, Stuttgart, DE;
Stefan Alexander, Boeblingen, DE;
René Pietzsch, Boeblingen, DE;
Sebastian Schaefer, Boeblingen, DE;
Andreas Trinks, Boeblingen, DE;
Henning Wilbert, Stuttgart, DE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In order to provide an improved, less error prone method for testing codes of a software application the following steps are proposed: defining for each test case comprised of a predefined test suite a specific footprint according to its test property, wherein said test case footprint comprises references defining which code sections are tested by said test case, marking code sections of the software application to be tested, identifying a test case of the test suite using its footprint matching at least a part of the marked code of the software application, and applying the identified test case on the software application.