Jacques
and all,
Here is the URL for the final
draft of the Test Framework specification.
http://xsun.sdct.itl.nist.gov/~mkass/ebxml_iic/IIC_ebXMLTestFramework%20V1.1_04_12_04_final_draft.zip
All issues have been addressd that
were identified in the last conf call.
I am
ready to vote for the document, however I wish to discuss one item currently in the spec that I
believe should be removed ( branching from within a Test Step ). I believe that doing so breaks the
object hierarchy ( and the parameter scooping ) of the Test Framework, and is
unnecessary. I believe that using
the natural object hierarchy of :
TestSuite
TestCase
Thread
TestStep
makes
sense.
I believe that a hierarchy
of:
TestSuite
TestCase
Thread
TestStep
Thread
does not. Especially when one thinks of Threads
in a BPSS sense ( as a container for a particular set of related actions (i.e.
a particular part of a business process ), and thinks of TestSteps as the
"atomic" level operation that is simply a PutMessage or GetMessage. The logical branching from a Test Step
destroys this hierarchical relationship, and the readability of a script ( and
its natural similarity to a business process definition
)
Attached
is the document for review.
Sorry
I couldn't get it out sooner.. worked on it all
weekend.
Mike
-----Original
Message-----
From: Jacques
Durand [mailto:JDurand@us.fujitsu.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 8:16
PM
To: ebXML IIC - main list
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Subject:
[ebxml-iic] Minutes last meeting, next call
All:
Next
call:
Time: Monday Apr 12,
2pm PT
Host:
Fujitsu
Toll only
: 1-512-225-3050
Participant
code: 89772
We'll get another
iteration of the spec by theend of thsi week and decide whether to submit it
to vote
this Monday 12 (vote
will be by email, over 1 week)
The new
iteration should address the "notes" in the attached
minutes.
Mike: can you
especially check "note #2" and send a note to the list on current status for
this?
we have
to follow-up on this to make
sure
that we have a clear scheme for terminating a test case (exit
statement?)
Regards,
Jacques
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