AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING TESTCASES

摘要

A technique for generating testcases includes receiving a new product specification for an application. A noun-verb pairing is performed on the new product specification. An attempt is made to locate a similar noun-verb pairing in a previous product specification for the application that corresponds to the new noun-verb pairing. In response to locating the similar noun-verb pairing in the previous product specification, a new testcase is generated by modifying an existing testcase that is associated with the similar noun-verb pairing in the previous product specification. In response to not locating the similar noun-verb pairing in the previous product specification, the fact that the new testcase was not generated is indicated.

主权项

1. A method of generating testcases, comprising:
receiving, at a data processing system, a new product specification for an application; performing, by the data processing system, a noun-verb pairing on the new product specification; attempting to locate, by the data processing system, a similar noun-verb pairing, corresponding to the new noun-verb pairing, in a previous product specification for the application; in response to locating the similar noun-verb pairing in the previous product specification, generating, by the data processing system, a new testcase by modifying an existing testcase that is associated with the similar noun-verb pairing in the previous product specification; and in response to not locating the similar noun-verb pairing in the previous product specification, indicating, by the data processing system, that the new testcase was not generated.