JPH05313949A - General system test device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit the correction to be given to an application software group or an output softwate group when a general system test is carried out. CONSTITUTION:A general system test device 3 contains an application software group to undergo a test, a test means 2 which actuates the application software group with various test inputs to perform the test of the software group, and an output software group which outputs the result data produced by the means 2 to an external output device. Thus, the device 3 attains a general system test in an environment of a computer to receive a system test. Furthermore, the device 3 is provided with a data converting means which converts all data generated from the test of the application software group and to be applied to the external output devices 7a-7d into a trace output and an output suppression processing means which applies the output suppression processing to all data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system comprehensive test apparatus, and more particularly to a system comprehensive test which does not require correction for trace output to an applied software group or correction for output suppression to an output software group. It relates to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a system configuration for performing a conventional system comprehensive test.
51 is an online computer, 52 is an online computer 51
The data processing unit 53a, which processes data by the application software group operating above and inputs / outputs the data, receives the data from the data processing unit 52, processes this data by the output software group, and further outputs the external output device 5
4a and the external output device 54b, and an external output device control unit that outputs the data processed by the output software group to the external output device 54a and the external output device 54b.

53b receives data from the data processing unit 52, processes this data by an output software group, controls external output devices 54c and 54d, and outputs the data processed by the output software group to an external output device 54c and an external output device. It is an external output device control unit for outputting to the device 54d.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a signal flow between the input data processing unit 52 and the external output device control unit 53a, 56 denotes a signal flow between the input data processing unit 52 and the external output device control unit 53b, and 57 denotes The signal flow between the external output device control unit 53a and the external output device 54a and the external output device 54b is shown, and 58 shows the signal flow between the external output device control unit 53b and the external output device 54c and the external output device 54d. ing.

Reference numeral 60 denotes a system test target computer, which is connected to the online computer 51 by a data transmission line 61. Reference numeral 62 is a data processing unit that processes data by the application software group operating on the system test target computer 60, and 63 and 64 are output data processing units that receive data from the data processing unit 62 and perform processing by the output software group. ..

Reference numeral 65 indicates a data flow between the data processing unit 62 and the output data processing unit 63, and 66 indicates a data flow between the data processing unit 62 and the output data processing unit 64.

Next, the operation will be described.

First, in the online computer 51, the application software group of the data processing unit 52 operates by various inputs to process the input data, and as a result, the online computer 5
Data to be output from 1 is generated. This data is output to the external output device control unit 53a and the external output device control unit 53b.

In the external output device control unit 53a, the data supplied from the data processing unit 52 is converted into data corresponding to the external output device 54a and the external output device 54b by the output software group. This conversion processing is data code conversion and data format conversion corresponding to the external output device 54a and the external output device 54b.

The data converted by the external output device control section 53a is the external output device 54a and the external output device 5.
4b. The data supplied to the external output device 54a and the external output device 54b are output to the outside.

On the other hand, in the external output device control section 53b, the data supplied from the data processing section 52 is transferred to the external output device 54c and the external output device 54d by the output software group.
Is converted into data corresponding to. This conversion process
The data code conversion and the data format conversion correspond to the external output device 54c and the external output device 54d.

The data converted by the external output device control section 53b is output to the external output device 54c and the external output device 5.
4d. The data supplied to the external output device 54c and the external output device 54d are output to the outside.

In the system test target computer 60,
The data processing unit 62 is provided with a group of application software to be tested. This application software group is subjected to an operation test by various test inputs, and as a result, data to be output to the outside is generated, but the system test target computer 60 is usually not provided with an external output device. Therefore, for the data to be output to the outside, the applied software group is modified to perform the external output suppressing process.

The data to be output to the outside, which has been subjected to the external output suppressing process, is supplied to the output data processing units 63 and 64, and after being processed by the output software group, the process ends here. In this case, the output data processing unit 63,
In some cases, the output software group of 64 is modified and the data to be output to the outside is subjected to the external output suppressing process.

[0015]

Since the conventional system comprehensive test is constructed as described above, it is necessary to operate the application software group on the computer 60 to be tested by the system in the same manner as the online computer 51. On the other hand, the conventional system test target computer does not have an external output device like the online computer, so the application software group or the output software group is modified to suppress the external output to the data to be output to the outside. There was a problem that it had to be treated.

Further, in order to confirm the operation of the application software group, the output data generated by the operation of the application software group must be corrected in the application software group and converted into a trace output. ..

Therefore, in order to operate the application software group developed on the system test target computer 60 on the online computer 51, the modified application software group or output software group is made to match the environment of the online computer 51. There was a problem that it had to be corrected again.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when performing a system comprehensive test,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system comprehensive test device that does not require modification of the application software group or output software group on the system test target computer.

[0019]

A system comprehensive test apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention converts all data to an external output device generated by a test performed on a group of applied software by the test means to a trace output. Data conversion means, and output suppression processing means for applying output suppression processing to all data to the external output device generated by the test performed by the testing means on the applied software group.

The system comprehensive test apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention determines whether or not the data to the external output device generated by the test performed on the group of applied software by the test means can be output to the external output device. Judgment means for judging, output software group start means for starting the output software group when the judgment means judges that the data can be outputted to the external output device, and the judgment means outputs the data to the external output device. When it is judged to be impossible, the above-mentioned data is provided with an output suppressing process and a data conversion means for converting the data into a trace output.

[0021]

In the system comprehensive test apparatus according to the present invention, the application software group to be tested is operated by various test inputs to test the application software group, and the external output generated by the operation of the application software group. All data to the device is converted to trace output by the data conversion means, and output suppression processing is applied to all the above data, so there is no need to modify the applied software group or output software group, and system comprehensive test Can be done.

The system comprehensive test apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention performs an operation test on various groups of application software to be tested by various test inputs, and the resulting data to the external output apparatus is sent to the external output apparatus. Whether the output is possible or not is determined by the determining means, and when it is determined that the data can be output to the external output device, the output software group is activated, and when it is determined that the data cannot be output to the external output device, the data is changed to the data. Since the output suppression processing is performed and the output is converted into the trace output, it is not necessary to modify the application software group or the output software group according to the presence or absence of the external output device, and the system comprehensive test can be performed.

[0023]

【Example】

Example 1. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an online computer when the system comprehensive test apparatus of this embodiment is provided in the online computer.

In the figure, 1 is an online computer, 2 is a group of application software operating on the online computer 1, and a data processing unit for processing data by this, 3 is a system comprehensive test device, 4 is a system integrated A data table 5 storing data used in the test apparatus 3 is a trace conversion data output unit having an output software group for outputting the data converted by the system comprehensive test apparatus 3 in the form of trace, and 6a is a system comprehensive test apparatus 3 Is an external output device control unit that receives data from the output software, processes the data by the output software group, outputs the processed data to the external output devices 7a and 7b, and controls the external output devices 7a and 7b. .. 6b receives data from the system comprehensive test equipment 3,
This data is processed by the output software group, and the processed data is processed by the external output device 7c and the external output device 7.
It is an external output device control section for outputting to d and further controlling these external output devices 7c and 7d.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the system test target computer when the system comprehensive test apparatus of this embodiment is provided in the system test target computer.

In the figure, reference numeral 8 is a system test target computer, and the online computer 1 is connected by a data transmission line 9.
Connected with. Reference numeral 10 is a data processing unit that processes data by an application software group operating on the system test target computer 8, 11 is a system comprehensive test device,
Reference numeral 12 is a data table storing data used in the system comprehensive test apparatus 11, reference numeral 13 is a trace conversion data output unit having an output software group for outputting the data trace-converted by the system comprehensive test apparatus 11,
14a receives data from the system comprehensive test equipment 11,
This is an output data processing unit that processes this data by the output software group. 14b is a system comprehensive test apparatus 1
An output data processing unit that receives data from 1 and processes this data by an output software group.

Next, the operation of the system comprehensive test apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the data generated by the data processing by the application software group is detected (step S).
1). Next, it is determined by referring to the data table 4 which one of the online computer 1 and the system test target computer 8 the system comprehensive test apparatus itself belongs to (step S2). When belonging to the online computer 1, the output software of the external output device control unit 6a and the external output device control unit 6b is activated (step S3). As a result, the external output device control unit 6a and the external output device control unit 6b process the data generated in the data processing unit 2 and supply the processed data to the corresponding external output device. The data processed by the external output device control unit 6a and the external output device control unit 6b are output to the outside from the respective external output devices.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S2 that the computer 8 to be tested belongs to the system test target computer, it is determined to which external output device the data generated in the data processing unit 2 is output (step S4). , Step S
5), referring to the data table 4 to determine whether or not output to the corresponding external output device is possible, and based on the result of this determination, whether or not to perform conversion processing of the respective data into trace output data. Is determined (steps S6 and S7). As a result, when the output to the external output device is impossible, the process including the external output suppressing process is performed, and the trace output software is activated to convert the data converted into the trace output into the trace conversion data output unit 1.
3 is transferred (steps S8 and S9). On the other hand, when it is determined that the output to the external output device is possible, the conversion processing to the trace output data is not performed (steps S6 and S7), the output software is activated (step S3), and the respective data are output. Is sent to the output data processing unit 14a and the output data processing unit 14b. Therefore, when the computer to be tested by the system is provided with an external output device, the external output device outputs data to the outside.

In the embodiment described above, the data for determining whether the system comprehensive test apparatus itself belongs to the online computer 1 or the system test target computer 8 and the data generated by the application software group are external. The data for determining whether or not the data can be output to the output device is stored in the data table 4, and these data are referred to in step S2 or step S6 or step S7. However, step S2 is configured by a hardware, The system comprehensive test apparatus itself has a configuration in which data for determining whether it belongs to the online computer 1 or the system test target computer 8 can be set and stored, and steps S6 and S7 are configured by hardware. Generated by the applied software group Over others may constitute data for determining whether it is possible to output to an external output device so as to be set to the hard-way A, the data table 4 when configured in this manner is unnecessary.

Example 2. In addition, step S in FIG.
2 and step S4, step S5 and step S6
The step S7 may be unified and configured. A flow chart of such a configuration is shown in FIG. In the figure, step S100 is a block in which steps S2, S4 and S5, and steps S6 and S7 are unified.

In this embodiment, in step S100, it is determined whether the system comprehensive test apparatus itself belongs to the online computer 1 or the system test target computer 8 and the data generated in the data processing unit 2 is determined. The corresponding external output device is discriminated, and it is further discriminated whether or not the conversion process to the trace output data is performed. When the system comprehensive test device itself belongs to the online computer 1, the output software group is activated (step S3). ). When belonging to the system test target computer, the external output device corresponding to the above data is discriminated and it is determined whether or not the conversion process to the trace output data is performed, and the conversion process to the trace output data is performed. If not, the output software group is activated (step S3). When the conversion processing to the trace output data is performed, the output suppression processing and the trace conversion processing are performed for each data, and the trace conversion data output unit 13
(Step S8, step S9).

Example 3. In Example 1 and Example 2,
Although it has been described that the system comprehensive test device may be provided in either the online computer 1 or the system test target computer 8, when provided only in the system test target computer 8, the system comprehensive test device itself in FIG. 1 or the system test target computer 8 to determine which one it belongs to (step S
2) is unnecessary.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the system comprehensive test device when the system comprehensive test device is provided exclusively for the system test target computer 8 having no external output device.

[0035]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the data conversion means converts the data generated in the application software group into the trace output without modifying the application software group, and the output software. The output suppression processing means performs the output suppression processing on the data generated in the application software group without modifying the system, so that the system can be modified without modifying the application software group or the output software group depending on the presence or absence of the external output device. There is an effect that a comprehensive test can be performed.

According to the second aspect of the invention, an operation test is performed on various groups of application software to be tested by various test inputs, and the resulting data to the external output device can be output to the external output device. Whether or not the data is output to the external output device is determined by the determining means, the output software group is activated, and when it is determined that the data cannot be output to the external output device, the output suppression process is performed on the data. In addition to the above, since it is converted into a trace output, there is an effect that it is not necessary to modify the application software group or the output software group depending on the presence or absence of an external output device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an online computer provided with a system comprehensive test apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a system test target computer provided with a system comprehensive test apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the system comprehensive test apparatus.

4 is a flowchart when step S2, step S4, step S5, step S6, and step S7 in FIG. 3 are unified.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the system comprehensive test device when the system comprehensive test device is provided in the system test target computer 8 having no external output device.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a system configuration in a conventional system comprehensive test.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 data processing section (testing means) 3 system comprehensive test equipment (data converting means, output suppressing processing means, discriminating means, output software group starting means) 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d external output device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An application software group to be tested, a test means for operating the application software group by various test inputs to test the application software group, and data generated by the test performed by the test means. In a system comprehensive test apparatus having an output software group for processing, a data conversion means for converting all data to an external output device generated by the test performed on the applied software group by the test means into a trace output, and A system comprehensive test apparatus comprising: an output suppression processing unit that applies output suppression processing to all of the above data. 2. An application software group to be tested, a test means for performing an operation test on the application software group by various test inputs, and an output software group for processing data generated by the test performed by the test means. In the system comprehensive test apparatus comprising, a determination means for determining whether or not the data to the external output device generated by the test performed on the applied software group by the test means can be output to the external output device, The output software group activation means for activating the output software when the determination means determines that the data can be output to the external output device, and the output software group activation means when the determination means determines that the data cannot be output to the external output device. Data conversion that performs output suppression processing on data and converts it to trace output A system comprehensive test apparatus comprising: