JPH0535531A - Test device for progress degree visualizing program - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] In a program testing device that tests a program consisting of multiple routines, even if there is a program modification, be sure to perform the program testing so that the routines related to the modification are not missed. carry out. [Structure] A routine passed by a test program is output as a passing routine, and the program of the routine is output in a colored state such as red. Also, if the program fails the program test and the program is modified, the routine is affected by this program modification. An effect routine clearing section for returning the routine to the non-passing routine is provided, and the relevant routine is output in a state where no color such as black indicating that this routine is an untested routine is added.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program testing apparatus for testing a program consisting of a plurality of routines, and more particularly to a progress visualizing program testing apparatus capable of coloring and outputting a program source of a tested routine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 4, a program for executing complicated control is constructed by hierarchically combining a large number of routines each executing a unit work. Then, in a program test device that tests in advance that a program composed of such a large number of routines operates normally, as shown in FIG. 4, test conditions and test data are input and the program under test is actually tested. To run. Then, the above-mentioned test conditions and test data are set so that the programs of all the routines 1 to 10 are executed. In FIG. 4, in order to pass all the programs of each of the routines 4, 8, 9, 10, and 7 in the lowermost layer, five times in total with five kinds of test conditions (1) to (5) and test data. Running the program completes the test for all routines.

However, when the program becomes complicated, it is difficult to judge which routine the test is completed in the middle of the test and which routine the test is not executed in the middle of the test. So that the operator can visually grasp the progress status,
It is configured such that the program list can be output by coloring the routines that have passed when the program was executed. Such a progress level visualization program test device is configured to perform a program test according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the test conditions and test data are input and the program execution unit 1 actually executes the program. At this time, the passing routine check unit 2 checks the passed routine of the program shown by the dotted line in FIG. Then, the program source of the passed routine is stored in the file storage unit 3 with a status or flag indicating passage. And after running the program,
The coloring source output unit 4 prints out the program source of the already-passed routine, which is stored in the file storage unit 3 and has the status or the flake, in red, for example. The program source of the unpassed routine is printed out in the normal color of black, for example.

Next, the test pass / fail judgment section 5 judges whether or not the test is executed by executing the program. If the result of the test is unacceptable, the process proceeds to the program correction section 6. When the operator performs a correction operation on the program in the program correction section 6, the relevant part of the program is corrected. Then, the program of the corresponding routine stored in the source file storage unit 3 is updated, the test environment such as test conditions and test data is prepared again, and the program execution unit 1 performs the test.

If the test result is acceptable, the tested routine check unit 7 registers the routine passed in this test as tested. Then, the test end judging unit 8 judges whether the tests of all routines are covered. If there are still unpassed routines, prepare a test environment to pass the unpassed routines again, execute the program, repeat until all routines are covered, and program source of all routines. Is printed out in red, the program test ends. In this way, since the program source of each routine for which the test is completed is printed in color, the program test for all the routines can be surely executed.

[0007]

However, in the progress degree visualization program test device configured as described above. The routine that has passed once has been tested, and the program flow has changed completely as a result of correcting the problem of the program after program execution, so even if the routine that was passed before correction was not passed after correction, it was corrected. The previously passed routine has been considered tested.

A specific description will be given with reference to FIG. When the test conditions and test data are input and the program is executed according to the flow of (3), the programs of the respective routines 0, 2, 6, 9 are registered as passed (tested) routines. Next, when another test condition and test data are input and the program is executed according to the flow of (4),
The programs of the routines 0, 2, 6, and 10 are registered as passed (tested) routines. Then, when a program error is found in the routine of 6 during the program execution process and the program is corrected by the program correction unit 6, the program test is executed again under the same test conditions and test data. That is, 6 routines and 10 routines pass the program. That is, the operation confirmation is performed again for these two routines.

However, the nine routines that passed before the modification of the sixth routine have been tested and do not pass after the modification. However, when the routine of 6 is modified, it is necessary to confirm the operation of the routine 9 subordinate to this routine. That is, it is necessary to confirm that the processing operation is correctly inherited to the routine 9.

Therefore, the modification of the program after the start of the test cannot be reflected in the progress of the test, and every time the program is modified, all the passing routine checks of the source are cleared and the program test is executed from the beginning. I had to.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by returning a routine affected by this correction to a non-passed routine after the program is corrected,
It is output in a state indicating that the corresponding routine has not been tested, and the operator can reliably and easily know whether or not the test has been performed in each routine, improving the test work efficiency of the program test and the reliability of the test. It is an object of the present invention to provide a progress degree visualization program test device that can perform progress.

[0012]

In order to solve the above problems, in a progress degree visualization program test apparatus of the present invention, a program for executing a program consisting of a plurality of routines based on input test conditions and test data. The execution unit, the passage routine check unit that checks the routine that has passed according to the test conditions and test data in the process of executing the program, and the program source of the routine checked by the passage routine check unit after the program is executed are colored and output. And a coloring source output section
A pass / fail judgment unit that judges pass / fail of the test in the program execution, a program correction unit that corrects the program in response to a correction operation for the program of the routine judged to be unsuccessful by the pass / fail judgment unit, and this program correction It is equipped with an influence routine clearing unit that returns the affected routine to the non-passed routine, and a test end determination unit that determines whether the test is finished by checking whether all the routines of the program to be tested have transited to the pass routine. ..

[0013]

In the progress visualizing program testing device configured as described above, the program execution unit inputs the test environment of the program such as test conditions and test data, executes the program under test, and executes the program in the passage routine check unit. Check the routine that passed at the time of execution, and add the status or flag of passage to the routine. Next, in the coloring source output unit, after the previous program is executed, the program source of the routine which has passed the status during execution of this program and which has a flag is colored and outputted.

Then, the pass / fail judgment unit judges whether the execution result of the program test is pass / fail. If the test result is unacceptable, the operator corrects the program by looking at the output program source list in the program correction section.

Then, in the influence routine clearing section,
Clear the passed status or flags in the affected routines as a result of program modifications,
Return to the unpassed routine. After that, the test environment is prepared again and the test is performed in the program execution unit. If the test result is acceptable, the passing routine check unit registers the routine passed in the present test as tested, and the test end determining unit determines whether all routines have been tested. If there are still unpassed routines, prepare a test environment to pass the unpassed routines again, execute the program, repeat until all routines are covered, and all routines are colored. If it is output, the test ends.

[0016]

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below.

The progress degree visualization program test apparatus of this embodiment comprises a kind of computer control program. FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the operation of the progress degree visualization program test device.

First, as in the conventional apparatus shown in FIG. 5, one test environment such as test conditions and test data is input, and the program execution unit 1 executes the actual program for the program under test. At this time, the passing routine check unit 12 checks the routines passed by the program in the program under test. Then, the program source of the passed routine is stored in the source file storage unit 13 with a status or flag indicating passage. After the program is executed, the coloring source output unit 14 prints out the program source of the already-passed routine, which is stored in the source file storage unit 13 and has the status or the flake, for example, in red. The program source of the non-passing routine is printed out in the normal color of black, for example.

Next, the pass / fail judgment section 15 judges whether the test by the program execution has passed or failed. If the test result is unsuccessful, the process proceeds to the program correction section 16. When the operator performs a correction operation on the program in the program correction section 16, the relevant part of the program is corrected. Then, the program of the corresponding routine stored in the source file storage unit 13 is updated. Next, as a result of the program modification, the affected routine clearing unit 17 clears the status or flag indicating that the affected routine has passed, and returns to the unpassed routine. After that, the process returns to the program execution unit 11, the test environment such as the next test condition and test data is input again, and the program for the program under test is executed.

If the pass / fail judgment section 15 determines that the test result for the program is acceptable, the operator checks the printed program source list in the next tested routine check section 18, and the non-passage is shown in red. Check whether the routine of exists. Then, when the test end judging unit 19 judges that the unpassed routine still exists, it returns to the program execution unit 11 again, and again prepares the test environment such as the test condition and the test data for passing the unpassed routine. Run the program under test again.

Thus, the tested routine check unit 18
Therefore, if it is determined that all the program sources are printed in red, the test end determination unit 19 determines that there is no unpassed routine, and the series of program test processing ends. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing details of the routine clearing process in the influence routine clearing unit 17 in FIG.

In order to make the explanation easy to understand, it is assumed that the program under test is composed of a plurality of routines composed of a main module and ten modules M1 to M10 assembled in a hierarchy as shown in FIG. To do. An ID number is assigned to each of the routines M0 to M10. That is, the main routine ID is 0
0 for each routine and the routine ID of the upper hierarchy of itself +
Sequential NO. Is attached.

When the flow chart of FIG. 2 is started, the routine hierarchy information input unit 21 reads and stores the routine name and routine ID of each routine constituting the program under test. Next, in the program correction routine recognition unit 22,
The correction position of the program executed by the program correction unit 16 in FIG. 1 is recognized, and the correction routine ID extraction unit 23 extracts the IDs of all the modified routines.

Next, when it is confirmed by the routine search end judging section 23 that the check processing for passing or not passing all the modified routines is not completed, the routine ID detecting section 25 judges that the routine is to be tested. One unchecked routine ID included in the program is extracted.
Then, the clear routine determination unit 26 determines whether or not the routine with the ID taken out corresponds to a lower-level routine of the modified routine that was previously modified by the program. If it does not correspond to a lower-level routine, the routine returns to the routine search end determination unit 24 again.

When the fetched ID routine corresponds to the lower routine of the correction routine, the routine clear unit 2
In step 7, clear the information indicating the program passage such as status or flag in the program of the corresponding routine,
Return the corresponding routine to the non-passed state. Then, the routine returns to the routine search end determination unit 24 again.

When the routine search end determination unit 24 completes the checking process for all the modified routines, which are to be left as passed routines or returned to unpassed routines, the processing operation in the affected routine clearing unit 17 is finished. To do.

According to the progress degree visualization program test apparatus configured as described above, for example, when testing a program in which a plurality of routines are hierarchically constructed as shown in FIG. 3, as described with reference to FIG. When the program is executed according to the flow of (3) by inputting the test conditions and test data, the programs of each routine of M0, M2, M6 and M9 are registered as the passed (tested) routines. .. Next, enter different test conditions and test data,
When the program is executed according to the flow of (4), M0,
The programs of the routines M2, M6, M10 are registered as passed (tested) routines.

When a program error is found in the routine of M6 in the program execution process along the flow of (4) and the program is corrected by the program correction section 16,
The influence routine clearing unit 17 returns not only the modified routine for M6 but also the two routines M9 and M10, which are subordinate to the modified routine for M6, to the unpassed routines.

Therefore, not only the program following the flow of (4) in which the correction has occurred this time, but also the program along the flow of (3) previously executed are subjected to the program test again. Routine program source has not been passed Printed in normal black.
Therefore, the operator may set the test condition and the test data for passing the two unprinted routines that have been printed, and activate the program execution unit 11 again.

As described above, with respect to the modified routine, all the routines affected by this program modification are automatically transferred to the non-passed routines. It is possible to prevent omission of confirmation of the program operation of the affected routine. Therefore, the reliability of the entire program test apparatus can be significantly improved.

Further, in comparison with the case where it is necessary to clear all the passing / non-passing information of the passage routine of the source every time the program is modified as in the conventional apparatus and execute the program test from the beginning, The test work efficiency can be greatly improved.

Further, according to the program test apparatus of the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, by using the routine hierarchy relation of the program, the routine affected by the modification of the program is automatically judged and the test progress is made. Can be reflected in the situation. Further, the application range of this method is not limited to the unit test of the program, but can be utilized in the combination test and the comprehensive test by changing the routine of the routine hierarchy diagram into the program system.

[0033]

As described above, according to the progress visualizing program testing apparatus of the present invention, after the program is modified, the routine affected by this modification is returned to the non-passed routine, and the corresponding routine is untested. Is configured to be output in a state indicating. Therefore, the operator can surely and easily grasp the execution / non-execution of the test in each routine, and the test work efficiency of the program test and the test reliability can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of a progress degree visualization program test device according to an embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of an influence routine clearing unit in the apparatus of the embodiment,

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a hierarchical structure of each routine constituting the program under test,

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a general program under test,

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Program execution unit, 12 ... Passing routine check unit, 13 ... Source file storage unit, 14 ... Coloring source output unit, 15 ... Pass / Fail judgment unit, 16 ... Program correction unit,
17 ... Influence routine clearing part, 18 ... Tested routine check part, 19 ... Test end judging part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A program execution unit that executes a program consisting of a plurality of routines based on input test conditions and test data, and a routine that has passed in accordance with the test conditions and test data in the program execution process is checked. A passage routine check unit, a coloring source output unit for coloring and outputting the program source of the routine checked by the passage routine check unit after execution of the program, and a pass / fail judgment unit for judging pass / fail of a test in program execution, A program modifying unit that modifies the program in response to the modification operation of the program of the routine determined to be unacceptable by the pass / fail judgment unit, and an influence routine clearing unit that returns the routine affected by the program modification to the non-passed routine And all of the programs to be tested A progress visualization program test device including a test end determination unit that determines whether or not the test has ended by checking whether or not all the routines have transited to a passing routine.