JP2646304B2 - Computer program test verification method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a test verification method for confirming operation when a computer program is updated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Computer programs are updated as needed even after they have been created. If an update was made, test the results to verify that the update was successful. Conventionally, after updating a computer program, when checking the updated contents, a full file dump was performed, and the changed part was manually verified while applying a special scale that was easy to apply in advance to the print paper. .

[0003]

However, in the above-described prior art, the verification of the update contents is performed manually, and therefore, it takes a long time to perform the verification. Further, since the contents of the dump do not appear in the form of actual data (for example, Japanese names), it is not easy to grasp the contents.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a test verification method for a computer program capable of outputting a list of updated items and contents before and after the update.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a method for pre-updating data based on a test result input / output trace file, a file name-registered name correspondence file, and a record definition file. The post-update data is compared for each item, and when they do not match, the Japanese name and the values before and after the update for the updated item are output in a list.

[0006]

According to the above-mentioned means, the updated data item is compared with the record definition of the file, and when there is a mismatch, the item name and the value before and after the update are output as a list together with the Japanese name. Therefore, the verification work of the test result for the updated contents can be accurately performed in a short time.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the overall processing according to the present invention.

First, a result of the test execution (S11) is traced (S12). That is, the key (K) having a file name (FID) of “AAA” in a file as shown in FIG.
When EY) is updated (data 170) for "001", the test result trace file is as shown in FIG. Conventionally, verification is performed using the file shown in FIG. Note that logical delimiters are assigned in file units.
From the record definition file prepared before (Fig. 7)
I do.

Next, a file I / O (input / output) trace for the update item list is edited using the test result trace file (S13), and a test result I / O trace file (S14) is created.

On the other hand, a file name -registered name correspondence file (corresponding file of an update target file name and a record definition file registration name) and a record definition file (data item item) Registration files such as names and attributes) are created (S15, S1
6) Has been done. Test result I / O trace file,
The update items are grasped and edited using the file name -registered name correspondence file and the record definition file (S17),
The updated items are output to a list as shown in FIG. 4 (S
18).

Next, details of the update item list output processing of FIG. 5 will be described.

First, a file name (FID) and registered name correspondence information as shown in FIG. 6 are fetched from the file name-registered name correspondence file in step 15 shown in FIG. 1 (S2).
1). Next, after reading the I / O trace file (S22), the type of data is determined (S2).
3). This determination is to determine whether the data is data before update or data after update. If the data is before update, the data is held as previous data (S24). If the data is updated, a process of grasping the item name and item attribute (number of digits, type, etc.) of the target file from the file name is performed (S25). That is, the information (Japanese name, attribute) of the record definition file as shown in FIG. 7 is fetched from the file name, and is previously stored in item units (separated for each item in the record definition database) as shown in FIG. (For example, comparison between three digits and between five digits) (S26) .
Judge as updated data. The file name and file name of the updated data item
And the first digit position information of the item and the record definition
Correspondence between first digit position of each item in file and Japanese name
The Japanese name of the item is searched based on the data, and the Japanese name and the values before and after updating (previous value and updated value) are output as a list as shown in FIG. 4 (S27). In this list output, every time there is data different from the previous value, the change is output collectively. In particular, since the output is in Japanese, it is easy to grasp the contents. Then, the above processing is repeatedly executed until the updated data ends.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the pre-update data and the post-update data are item-by-item based on the test result input / output trace file, the file name-registered name correspondence file, and the record definition file. Since the comparison is made, and the Japanese name and the value before and after the update for the update item are output in a list when they do not match, the test result of the update content can be verified in a short time and accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating overall processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a file configuration.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a test result trace file.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an update item list according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating details of an update item list output process according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a registered name correspondence table of a file name-record definition file.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a record definition file.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a comparison process in step 26 in FIG. 5;

Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Ryo Takahashi 1 Kimitsu, Kimitsu-shi, Chiba Nippon Steel Corporation Inside the Kimitsu Works (72) Inventor Kenji Nunume 1 Kimitsu, Kimitsu-shi, Chiba Nippon Steel Corporation Kimitsu Works (72) Inventor Hiroaki Dobashi 1 Kimitsu, Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture Nippon Steel Corporation Kimitsu Works (56) References JP-A-61-34640 (JP, A) JP-A-2- 96864 (JP, A) JP-A-2-260045 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] When comparing update data stored in a test result input / output trace file, a file name of a file to which the data belongs and a record definition file storing an item name and an item attribute of each record are used. ,
The pre-update data and the post-update data are compared for each item based on the item attribute of the file, and when they do not match, the Japanese name of the item is changed to the file name and file name-registered name corresponding file , And the first digit position information of the item and the record
First digit position and Japanese name of each item in the
And a list output together with values before and after the update, and a test verification method for a computer program.