Re: [abbot-users] Using Abbot to perform tests on a full-blown application, wrong component refs and lookups

[Fruechtenicht, T. <TFruechtenicht@PSI.DE>]

>Von:	Timothy Wall [mailto:tw...@us...]
>Gesendet:	Di 27.06.2006 19:29
>An:	Fruechtenicht, Torben
>Cc:	Abbot Users
>Betreff:	Re: AW: [abbot-users] Using Abbot to perform tests on a =
full-blown application, wrong component refs and lookups
>
>On Jun 27, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Fruechtenicht, Torben wrote:
>
>>> The fuzzy matching needs some rework in when it is applied,
>>> potentially leaving it out entirely unless specifically requested by
>>> the user.  However, that alone does not necessarily address the
>>> problems raised by specific application configurations.  The best
>>> solution there is to augment abbot's test suite with some
>>> representative examples of the hierarchy in question.  This has been
>>> used in the past to overcome bugs encountered by specific
>>> applications which I could never reproduce.
>>
>
>> What do you mean by "representative examples of the hierarchy"?
>>
>
>If my application consists of a single frame with three buttons, then =20
>a representative example would be a single frame with a few buttons.
>
>If my application consists of many interchangeable frames with the =20
>same deep hierarchy, a representative example would be two or more =20
>such frames with a deep hierarchy.
>
>Basically I mean a hierarchy similar enough to the original to =20
>produce the same results.
>

I am still not sure what you mean exactly. How would I augment a test =
suite with representative examples of my component hierarchies? Is Abbot =
capable of self-learning and how?


Torben

>
>Timothy Wall
>http://abbot.sf.net