James M Washburn

US Patent:

51577798, Oct 20, 1992

Filed:

Jun 7, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/534431

Inventors:

James C. Washburn - HaverHill MA
Steven E. Lemmo - Natick MA

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 1100

US Classification:

395575

Abstract:

A user extensible, automated testing system comprises a plurality of modules, each of which is user extensible. The journal module provides the ability to record events representative of user actions taken to execute certain tasks which farm the test. The filter module provides the means to filter out data which is not determinative of the pass or fail status of a test. The save data module provides the means to save data which subsequently compared to master data to determine the pass/fail status of the test. The compare module provides the means to compare the data saved with the master data to determine differences between the data and therefore the pass/fail status of the test. The review module provides a graphical review of the differences between the master data and actual data. Each module is user extensible whereby the user may update, change or delete portions of the module functionality in order to tailor the testing system to a particular computer system or computer software application.