TWI490689B - System for updating test command and method thereof - Google Patents

Description

System and method for automatically updating test commands without interruption

An update system and method thereof, in particular, a system and method for ending a command unit and reloading when updating.

After the computer is assembled on the production line, it needs to be tested. In addition to using manual testing, various manufacturers have developed their own test platforms, and each manufacturer's test platform will have different test plans depending on the computer products produced on the production line.

Regardless of which test platform is used, the test process is usually fixed. Once the test process needs to be modified or there are bugs in the test instructions, the test platform needs to stop testing and let the test platform maintainers. Update the test plan.

The above update method is often not completed in a short time. Once a large number of computers are produced on the production line, it is usually not allowed to spend a period of time to update the test plan under the pressure of shipping time.

In summary, it can be seen that there has been a problem in the prior art that updating the test plan needs to stop the operation of the test platform, and therefore it is necessary to propose an improved technical means to solve this problem.

In view of the prior art, there is a problem that the update test solution needs to stop the operation of the test platform, and the present invention discloses a system and method for ending the command unit and reloading when updating, wherein: the non-stop automatic update test command disclosed in the present invention The system is applied to the production line for updating the test command on the line during the continuous working time of the production line, and at least includes: an Executor Engine, including a command management module, and the command management module includes and manages a command unit, the command unit includes commands for testing a specific target on the production line, and each command unit is independent; a flow control engine (Flow Engine) for issuing a call request of the command unit, and managing command management of the called command unit The module is configured to load and entity the called command unit according to the call request, so as to provide the process control engine to execute the command included in the command unit; and the update module to request the end of the command management module for managing the called command unit The called command unit, and the command unit used to be called, are updated to terminate the called command unit.

The method for continuously updating the test command according to the present invention is applied to a production line for updating the test command on the line during continuous operation of the production line, and the steps include at least: when the command unit on the production line needs to be updated, the update module is updated. The command management module of the management command unit requests the end command unit; after the command management module responds to the request of the update module, the module update command unit is updated; the flow control engine issues a call request of the command unit to the command management module; command management The module loads the command unit according to the call request; the command management module entityizes the command unit to provide the flow control engine to execute the commands included in the command unit.

The system and method disclosed in the present invention are as above, and the difference from the prior art is that the present invention passes through the layered architecture of the test platform, and the update module requests the command management module to end before updating the command unit containing the command for testing. The command unit to be updated, after which the flow control engine issues a call request to the command management module when the command is to be executed, and the command management module can reload the updated command unit to solve the prior art. The problems that exist and the technical efficiencies that can be achieved by reducing the cost of updating the commands can be achieved.

100‧‧‧Test platform

110‧‧‧ presentation layer

120‧‧‧Business logic layer

121‧‧‧Process Control Engine

1211‧‧‧ Results Recording Module

123‧‧‧Task execution engine

123a‧‧‧Basic Command Module

123b‧‧‧Communication Module

129‧‧‧record manager

140‧‧‧Data agent layer

150‧‧‧Network layer

160‧‧‧Business Information Management

170‧‧‧ Data Access Layer

190‧‧‧Update Module

Step 310‧‧‧ The process control engine issues a call request from the command unit to the command management module

Step 320‧‧‧ Command Management Module Loads Command Units Based on Call Request

Step 330‧‧‧ Command Management Module Entity Command Unit

Step 340‧‧‧ The flow control engine executes the commands contained in the command unit

Step 350‧‧‧ Update module to determine if the command unit on the production line needs to be updated

Step 360‧‧‧ Update module requests end command unit from command management module of management command unit

Step 370‧‧‧ Command Management Module End Command Unit

Step 380‧‧‧Update Module Update Command Unit

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the components of the test platform proposed by the present invention.

Figure 2 is a system architecture diagram of the end of the command unit and reloading when updating according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the method for ending the command unit and reloading when updating according to the present invention.

The features and embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments, which are sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to fully understand the technical means to which the present invention solves the technical problems, and The achievable effects of the present invention.

The invention provides a test platform with a layered architecture, which is applied on a production line, and only needs to be executed by the command management module in the test platform of the production line when the command needs to be executed for testing. The command unit of the command, such that when the command unit needs to be updated, such as adding or modifying a command, only the command management module is required to terminate the command unit that needs to be updated, and then allowed in the command management module. When the request ends and the command unit needs to be updated, the command unit can be directly updated without stopping the test platform of the production line.

In the following, the test platform 100 will be described with reference to the schematic diagram of the test platform component of the present invention. The test platform 100 of the present invention may include a presentation layer 110 and a service. The logic layer 120, the data agent layer 140, the network layer 150, the business data management layer 160, the data access layer 170, and the like. The data agent layer 140 and the network layer 150 need to be set only when the test platform 100 is tested through the network. Otherwise, the data platform layer 140 and the network layer 150 may not be included in the test platform 100.

The presentation layer 110 includes a user interface of one or more operation systems (OS), such as a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a Command Line.

The business logic layer 120 includes at least a flow control engine (Flow Engine) 121 and a task execution engine (Executor Engine) 123. Even the business logic layer 120 may include an attachable record manager (Log Manager) 129.

The process control engine 121 can control the test flow of the test platform 100. The result control module 121 may further include a result recording module 1211. The result recording module 1211 includes one or more independent recording units, for example, a database recording unit (not shown) and a program recording unit (not shown) ), an echo recording unit (not shown), etc., but the recording unit included in the result recording module 1211 is not limited to the above, and the result recording module 1211 is Each of the recording units can be enabled or disabled through a corresponding setting in the profile of the test platform 100.

The task execution engine 123 includes one or more command management modules, each command management module managing one or more command units, each command unit containing a plurality of commands that can be executed, one command unit containing one command or A combination of multiple commands allows specific testing of specific targets on the production line. The command units managed by each command management module are independent, and do not affect other command units when updating.

The command management module included in the task execution engine 123 is, for example, a base command module 123a, a communication module 123b, and the like, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, the task execution engine 123 may further include an execution state access module, and the execution state access module may acquire or modify an execution status message in the test platform 100 during the test of the test platform 100, for example, directly reading The environment variables in the test platform 100 are used, or new environmental variables are established in the test platform 100.

The record manager 129 can transfer the log files generated by the result recording module 1211 to a specific location for storage. The recording manager 129 includes a plurality of recording processing modules (not shown), each of which corresponds to each recording unit included in the result recording module 1211, and each recording processing module can pass through the testing platform. The setting of 100 sets the time for collecting the log file and the time for transmitting the log file. It can also be set whether to enable or disable.

The data agent layer 140 can obtain the data and/or files stored outside the test platform 100 through the network layer 150, and can also obtain the data or files stored in the test platform 100 through the service data management layer 160. The data agent layer 140 can also manage the lifecycle of the data. The data agent layer 140 may temporarily store the data acquired through the network layer 150 when acquiring the data outside the test platform 100, thereby reducing the number of remote accesses.

The business profile management layer 160 can provide data and/or files to the process control engine 121. The business data management layer 160 may include a script data providing unit, a local management data providing unit, a system setting data providing unit, an external system integration unit, a log file providing unit, etc., but the business data management layer 160 is not limited thereto. Generally, the sources of the data accessed by the units included in the business data management layer 160 are different, and may be based on the test platform 100. The corresponding settings in the profile are enabled or disabled, that is, the units included in the business profile management layer 160 are independent and can be individually modified or updated without affecting other cells.

The script data providing unit can provide the script and the corresponding data, the local management data providing unit can provide the local management data, the system setting data providing unit can provide the system setting data of the testing platform 100, and the record file providing unit can provide the result. The external system integration unit can integrate the test platform 100 with external services by recording the log files generated by the module.

The data access layer 170 can access the data in a physical device (not shown) that actually stores the data, for example, open an XML file stored in the storage medium, and read the content in the opened XML file, or Search for data stored in the database, etc.

Next, the operation of the system in which the command unit is terminated and reloaded at the time of updating according to the present invention will be further described with reference to "Fig. 2". As shown in FIG. 2, the system of the present invention mainly updates the command unit by the flow control engine 121, the task execution engine 123, and the update module 190.

The flow control engine 121 is responsible for transmitting a call request of the command unit to the task execution engine 123. The command unit called by the flow control engine 121 contains commands to be executed by the flow control engine 121. The flow control engine 121 is also responsible for executing the command to be executed after the called command unit is loaded and instantiated by the task execution engine 123.

If the result control module is included in the process control engine 121, the result record module can record the command executed by the flow control engine 121 and/or the message generated after executing the command.

Upon receiving the call request sent by the flow control engine 121, the task execution engine 123 transmits the received call request to the command management module that manages the command unit corresponding to the call request. The command management module that manages the command unit corresponding to the call request received by the task execution engine 123 is responsible for loading and instantiating the command unit corresponding to the received call request, thereby providing the flow control engine 121 to execute the included The command in the command unit that is loaded and instantiated.

The task execution engine 123 may first determine a command management module that manages a command unit corresponding to the received call request, and then transmit the received call request to the location. Determining the command management module for managing the command unit, but the invention is not limited thereto, and the task execution engine 123 may also send the received call request to all the command management modules included, for example, sending a command management module such as a basic command module 123a, a communication module 123b, and the like, and then a command management module that receives the call request determines whether to manage a command unit corresponding to the received call request, and if so, loads and entities The command unit corresponding to the received call request is processed, and if not, no action is taken.

The update module 190 is responsible for requesting the command management module managing the command unit to be updated to end the command unit to be updated, and updating the terminated command unit. The update module 190 updates the command unit, and includes commands added, modified, and deleted in the command unit.

The update module 190 updates each of the command units individually when updating each command unit. In addition, the update module 190 also determines the command management module that manages the command unit to be updated.

As such, when the flow control engine 121 transmits the call request of the updated command unit to the task execution engine 123 again, the command management module that manages the updated command unit reloads and instantiates the updated command unit, thereby providing The commands contained in the updated command unit are executed by the flow control engine 121.

Next, an operation system and method of the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 3, a flowchart of a method for ending a command unit and reloading at the time of updating according to the present invention will be described.

When the test platform 100 of the production line performs a general test, the flow control engine 121 executes a command to perform the test. Before the flow control engine 121 executes the command, it may be determined whether the command unit containing the command to be executed has been loaded and instantiated by the command management module included in the task execution engine 123. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the command management module is the basic command module 123a, that is, the command unit including the command to be executed by the flow control engine 121 is managed by the basic command module 123a.

If the command unit has been instantiated by the basic command module 123a, the flow control engine 121 can directly call the command unit and execute the command included in the command unit to perform testing on the production line, and if the command unit has not yet been Being instantiated by the basic command module 123a, the flow control engine 121 can issue a call request to the command unit to the task execution. Engine 123 (step 310).

After receiving the call request sent by the flow control engine 121, the task execution engine 123 sends the received call request to the command management module that manages the command unit corresponding to the call request. In this embodiment, It is sent to the basic command module 123a.

After receiving the call request, the basic command module 123a loads and instantiates the corresponding command unit according to the received call request (steps 320, 330), and returns the relevant address to the process control engine 121. Thereafter, the flow control engine 121 can call the command unit according to the address transmitted by the basic command module 123a, and execute the command after obtaining the command to be executed by the command unit (step 340), thereby performing the test.

During the continuous test of the test platform 100, the update module 190 in the test platform 100 continuously determines whether the command unit that is called by the flow control engine 121 and runs on the production line needs to be updated (step 350), if the test platform The maintenance personnel of 100 need to update the command unit, and the update module 190 determines the command management module of the command unit that manages the update, and requests the command management module to terminate the command unit that needs to be updated (step 360). ). In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the command unit that needs to be updated is managed by the basic command module 123a.

After the basic command module 123a ends the command unit that needs to be updated (step 370), the basic command module 123a can transmit a response signal to the update module 190 in the test platform 100, in response to the request of the update module 190, and then, The update module 190 can update the command unit managed by the basic command module 123a (step 380).

Since the update module 190 in the test platform 100 is before the update command unit (step 380), the basic command module 123a ends the loaded and instantiated command unit to be updated (step 370), thus, on the test platform During the ongoing test, if the flow control engine 121 needs to execute the command contained in the command unit managed by the basic command module 123a, the flow control engine 121 can determine that the command unit containing the command to be executed has not been subjected to the basic command. The module 123a is loaded and instantiated, so the flow control engine 121 sends a call request containing the command unit to execute the command to the task execution engine 123 (step 310), and the update module 190 completes the update of the command unit and restarts After the basic command module 123a is loaded (steps 370, 380), the basic command module 123a can receive the call request sent by the flow control engine 121. And the command unit requested by the flow control engine 121 can be loaded and enriched (steps 320, 330), thereby providing a command unit including the command to be executed by the flow control engine 121 to the flow control engine 121, so that the flow control engine 121 can The command to be executed is executed (step 340). The call request sent by the flow control engine 121 may correspond to the updated command unit.

Thus, with the present invention, the command unit in the test platform 100 can be updated without the need to stop the test process of the test platform 100 of the production line.

In addition, in the above embodiment, if the flow control engine 121 further includes the result recording module 1211, when the flow control engine 121 executes the command, the command executed by the flow control engine 121 and/or the executed command may be recorded. Message. Thus, when the business logic layer 120 includes the record manager 129, the record manager 129 can transmit each of the commands and/or messages recorded by the result record module 1211 to a particular device.

In summary, it can be seen that the difference between the present invention and the prior art is that there is a layered architecture. When the update module updates the command unit including the command for testing, the command management module of the management command unit ends. After the update is completed, the command management module is reloaded. After that, the process control engine issues a call request to the command management module when the command is to be executed, and the command management module reloads the technical means of the updated command unit. By means of this technical means, the problem that the prior art update test solution needs to stop the test platform can be solved, thereby achieving the technical effect of reducing the cost required for the update command.

Furthermore, the method of terminating the command unit and reloading in the updating of the present invention can be implemented in hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software, or can be implemented in a centralized manner in a computer system or distributed in different components. The decentralized implementation of several interconnected computer systems.

While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Any modification of the form and details of the practice of the present invention, which is a matter of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, is a patent protection of the present invention. range. The scope of the invention is to be determined by the scope of the appended claims.

Step 310‧‧‧ The process control engine issues a call request from the command unit to the command management module

Step 320‧‧‧ Command Management Module Loads Command Units Based on Call Request

Step 330‧‧‧ Command Management Module Entity Command Unit

Step 340‧‧‧ The flow control engine executes the commands contained in the command unit

Step 350‧‧‧ Update module to determine if the command unit on the production line needs to be updated

Step 360‧‧‧ Update module requests end command unit from command management module of management command unit

Step 370‧‧‧ Command Management Module End Command Unit

Step 380‧‧‧Update Module Update Command Unit

Claims (10)

A system for automatically updating test commands without interruption is applied to a production line for updating test commands on the line during continuous operation. The system includes at least: a task execution engine (Executor Engine) including at least one command management a module, each of the command management modules includes and manages at least one command unit, each of the command units includes at least one command that can test a specific target on the production line, and each of the command units is independent; a process control engine ( a flow engine for issuing a call request of the command unit, and a command management module for managing the called command unit for loading and authenticating the called command unit according to the call request, thereby providing the process Controlling the engine to execute the command included in the called command unit; and an update module for requesting the command management module managing the called command unit to terminate the called command unit and for After the called command unit is stopped, the called command unit is updated. The system of claim 1, wherein the process control engine further comprises at least one result recording module for recording the command executed by the process control engine and/or executing the command. The resulting message. A system for continuously updating a test command according to claim 2, wherein the system further comprises a Log Manager for transmitting each of the commands recorded by the result recording module and/or message. A system for continuously updating test commands according to claim 1 of the patent scope, wherein the update module separately updates each of the command units. The system for continuously updating the test command according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the command management module is a basic command module or a communication module. A system for continuously updating a test command according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises: a data access layer for accessing the flow control engine to execute the commands included in each command unit. The information and/or files; and a business data management layer for providing the data and/or files to the process control engine for execution. A system for continuously updating test commands according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a presentation layer, the presentation layer providing at least one graphical user interface. A method for automatically updating test commands without interruption is applied to a production line for updating a test command on the line while the production line is continuously working. The method includes at least the following steps: when one of the command lines on the production line needs to be updated, The update module requests the management module of the command unit to request to end the command unit; after the command management module responds to the request of the update module, the update module updates the command unit; a process control engine issues the command One of the units calls a request to the command management module; the command management module loads the command unit according to the call request; and the command management module entityizes the command unit to provide the flow control engine to execute the command unit Contains the commands. The method of automatically updating a test command according to claim 8 of the patent application, wherein the step of the flow control engine executing the command included in the command unit further comprises recording a command executed by the flow control engine and/or executing a command. The steps of the resulting message. The method of automatically updating a test command according to claim 9 of the patent application, wherein the method is generated after recording a command executed by the process control engine and/or executing a command After the step of the message, the step of transmitting each of the commands and/or messages recorded is further included.