CN107391361B - A kind of POS terminal automatic testing method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention is applicable to the technical field of POS terminals, and provides an automatic testing method and device for POS terminals, comprising: using a remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol to download use cases from a web-based use case management system TESTLINK; obtaining selected test attributes, According to the selected test attributes, filter out the use cases to be executed in the downloaded use cases; select keywords in the use cases to be executed to sort to obtain the execution order; according to the execution order, control the POS terminal batch processing or single execution of the use cases, After the execution is complete, upload the test results. The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention are as follows: 1) use the XML-RPC protocol to remotely operate TESTLINK, thereby realizing the downloading of use cases and the uploading of test results; 2) using reliable protocols to communicate with the POS terminal to control the use cases on the POS terminal Execution, to achieve the purpose of automatic testing; 3) Provide a way of filtering, sorting, batch processing or single execution of use cases, which greatly facilitates testers to execute use cases on demand.

Description

A kind of POS terminal automatic testing method and device

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of POS terminals, and in particular relates to an automatic testing method and device of a POS terminal.

Background technique

With the development of economy, the configuration of POS terminal is becoming more and more powerful, and the functions are more and more complete. When users need to complete the payment of goods, they can use the POS terminal to swipe the card to enjoy the fast payment experience brought by the POS terminal. Before the POS machine is put into use, the POS machine needs to be tested.

However, the existing POS terminal needs to manually fill in the test results on TESTLINK and record log information when testing a case, which is not conducive to improving the test efficiency. Update to TESTLINK, but the process can only be done manually by the user, and the operation steps are cumbersome. When there are many use cases, the time-consuming is too long, which affects the test efficiency.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of this, the embodiments of the present invention provide an automatic testing method and device for a POS terminal, so as to solve the problem that the existing POS terminal needs to manually fill in the test results on TESTLINK and record log information when testing a case, which is not conducive to improving the test efficiency. The problem.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides an automatic testing method for a POS terminal, including:

Use remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol to download use cases from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK;

Get the selected test attributes, and filter out the use cases to be executed from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attributes;

Select keywords in the use cases to be executed and sort to get the execution order;

According to the execution sequence, control the POS terminal to execute the use case in batch or individually, and upload the test result after the execution.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides an automatic testing device for a POS terminal, including:

The download module is used to download use cases from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK using the remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol;

The filter module is used to obtain the selected test attributes, and filter out the use cases to be executed from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attributes;

The sorting module is used to select keywords in the use cases to be executed for sorting, and obtain the execution order;

The test module is used to control the batch or single execution of the use case of the POS terminal according to the execution sequence, and upload the test result after the execution.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a POS terminal automatic testing apparatus/terminal device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the processor The steps of the above-described methods are implemented when the computer program is executed.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the foregoing method are implemented.

The beneficial effects that the embodiment of the present invention has compared with the prior art are:

1) Using the XML-RPC protocol to remotely operate TESTLINK, the download of use cases and the upload of test results are realized;

2) Use a reliable protocol to communicate with the POS terminal, control the execution of the use case on the POS terminal, and achieve the purpose of automatic testing;

3) Provides methods of filtering, sorting, batch processing or single execution of use cases, which greatly facilitates testers to execute use cases on demand.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only for the present invention. In some embodiments, for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without any creative effort.

Fig. 1 is the realization flow chart of the POS terminal automatic test method that the embodiment of the present invention provides;

Fig. 2 is the realization flow chart of using the remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol in the POS terminal automatic testing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention to download the use case and display from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK;

Fig. 3 is the realization flow chart of filtering use cases and sorting in the POS terminal automatic testing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the application flow chart of executing the test in the POS terminal automatic test method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the sequence diagram of the thread in the POS terminal automatic testing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

6 is an application flow chart of uploading test results provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a structural block diagram of a POS terminal automatic testing device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a POS terminal automatic testing apparatus/terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In the following description, for the purpose of illustration rather than limitation, specific details such as specific system structures and technologies are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced in other embodiments without these specific details. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known systems, devices, circuits, and methods are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present invention with unnecessary detail.

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, the following specific embodiments are used for description.

It is to be understood that, when used in this specification and the appended claims, the term "comprising" indicates the presence of the described feature, integer, step, operation, element and/or component, but does not exclude one or more other features , whole, step, operation, element, component and/or the presence or addition of a collection thereof.

It is also to be understood that the terminology used in this specification of the present invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the present invention. As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

It should also be further understood that, as used in this specification and the appended claims, the term "and/or" refers to and including any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items .

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the term "if" may be contextually interpreted as "when" or "once" or "in response to determining" or "in response to detecting" . Similarly, the phrases "if it is determined" or "if the [described condition or event] is detected" may be interpreted, depending on the context, to mean "once it is determined" or "in response to the determination" or "once the [described condition or event] is detected. ]" or "in response to detection of the [described condition or event]".

In specific implementations, the terminal devices described in the embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to, other portable devices such as mobile phones, laptop computers, or tablet computers with touch-sensitive surfaces (eg, touch screen displays and/or touch pads). . It should also be understood that in some embodiments, the device is not a portable communication device, but rather a desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (eg, a touch screen display and/or a touch pad).

In the discussion that follows, an end device that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. However, it should be understood that the terminal device may include one or more other physical user interface devices such as a physical keyboard, mouse and/or joystick.

The terminal device supports various applications, such as one or more of the following: drawing applications, presentation applications, word processing applications, website creation applications, disc burning applications, spreadsheet applications, gaming applications, telephony applications Apps, Video Conferencing Apps, Email Apps, Instant Messaging Apps, Workout Support Apps, Photo Management Apps, Digital Camera Apps, Digital Video Camera Apps, Web Browsing Apps, Digital Music Player Apps and/or digital video player applications.

Various applications that may be executed on the terminal device may use at least one common physical user interface device, such as a touch sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface and corresponding information displayed on the terminal may be adjusted and/or changed between applications and/or within respective applications. In this way, the common physical architecture of the terminal (eg, touch-sensitive surface) can support various applications with a user interface that is intuitive and transparent to the user.

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, the following specific embodiments are used for description.

Example 1

Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is an implementation flowchart of a POS terminal automatic test method provided by an embodiment of the present invention, and the method is applied to a terminal device, and the POS terminal automatic test method shown in Fig. 1 may include the following steps:

S101, use the remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol to download use cases from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK;

Among them, S101, specifically:

Obtain the server address, user name and key, and connect to the web-based use case management system TESTLINK according to the server address, user name and key;

According to the selected acquisition project, plan and version, use the remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol to download the specified use case from TESTLINK. XML-RPC protocol is XML Remote Procedure Call, that is, remote procedure call.

S102, obtain the selected test attribute, and filter out the use case to be executed from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attribute;

Among them, the selected test attributes are obtained, and the use cases to be executed are filtered out of the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attributes, specifically:

Displaying a test attribute list, the test attribute list includes at least one test attribute in test mode, priority, test type, test time, and execution state;

According to the selection operation, get the selected test attribute;

Use cases are filtered out of the downloaded use cases based on the selected test attribute.

According to the selected test attributes, the downloaded use cases are filtered to filter out the use cases to be executed.

Among them, S103, select keywords in the use cases to be executed for sorting, and obtain the execution order, specifically:

select keywords;

Use selected keywords and multi-level sorting methods to sort the use cases to be executed, get the execution order, and display the sorted use cases.

S104, according to the execution sequence, control the POS terminal to execute the use case in batch or individually, and upload the test result after the execution ends.

Among them, according to the execution order, the multi-thread coordinated communication method is used to control the POS terminal batch processing or single execution of the use case, and after the execution is completed, upload the test result, and the multi-thread includes the main thread, the control thread, the test running thread and the serial port. thread.

Upload test results to TESTLINK using XML-RPC protocol.

Among them, S104 has two implementations, which are detailed as follows:

In the first embodiment, according to the execution sequence, the command to execute the use case is sent to the POS terminal through the serial port communication protocol or the parallel port communication protocol, and after the POS terminal executes the use case to be executed, the test result is obtained, and the test result is uploaded to TESTLINK.

The second embodiment adopts heartbeat detection to determine whether the communication link between itself and the POS terminal is normally connected;

After the normal connection, according to the execution sequence, through the serial port communication protocol, send the command to execute the use case to the POS terminal, and use the serial port thread to monitor the POS terminal data;

When monitoring the arrival of POS terminal data, notify the test running thread to receive and process the POS terminal data, and after obtaining the test result, notify the control running thread to record the test result;

After the recording is completed, add the next use case to be executed according to the execution order, and repeat in sequence;

After waiting for the POS terminal to execute the use case to be executed, obtain the test result and upload the test result to TESTLINK.

For the convenience of description, the following is the preferred application process of the POS terminal automatic test method, which is described in detail as follows:

1. Download the specified use case from TESTLINK, set up the use of remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol, download the protocol content of the use case from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK, and obtain the use case information to be executed, ATC software uses JAVA form control display , and provide right-click support;

2. Then filter to provide modules and various test properties. Here, the drop-down list and button control of JAVA are used. The filtered data display still uses the table control, but a column of controls is customized to support the checkbox function, which can be refined and filtered. action;

3. Enter the sorting after screening, use an advanced function to support multi-level sorting, and enter the execution after the sorting is completed. Considering the timely responsiveness of the GUI, when executing the use case, a worker thread is started to execute to ensure the friendliness of the GUI interface. Execution The use case supports batch processing, which can run all the use cases, or continue to execute the use cases after a pause, and also supports a single use case, which is the result of multi-threaded coordinated communication;

4. When executing the use case, send the command to execute the use case through the serial communication protocol, wait for the completion of the POS execution, obtain the test results, and upload the test results to TESTLINK.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention lie in the following aspects:

First, use the XML-RPC protocol to remotely operate TESTLINK to download use cases and upload results;

Second, use reliable protocols to communicate with the POS terminal to control the execution of use cases on the POS terminal, achieve the purpose of automatic testing, and improve the testing efficiency;

In the third aspect, various filtering, sorting, batch processing or single execution use cases are provided, which greatly facilitates testers to execute use cases on demand and reduces human resource investment;

Fourth, the POS terminal automatic testing software realized by JAVA can be compatible with all windows series systems, and supports 32bit and 64bit platforms, which is easy to transplant.

Embodiment 2

Referring to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is an implementation flow chart of downloading a use case and displaying it from a web-based use case management system TESTLINK using a remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol in the POS terminal automatic testing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The POS terminal automatically The test method is applied to terminal equipment, as shown in Figure 2, including the following steps:

S201, select project, plan, version;

S202, click the DownloadCase button;

S203, check whether the connection is successful;

S204, start using the remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol to download use cases from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK;

S205, use the remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol to download the use case from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK, enter the use case display interface, and wait for the download to complete;

S206, the main thread enters the use case display interface;

S207, the background thread continues to write the downloaded use case into the file.

In the embodiment of the present invention, connect to TESTLINK according to the server address, user name and key, if successful, continue to obtain the project, plan and version, select the version of the specified test, download the use case, wait for the download of the use case to complete, in order to Improve efficiency and use file buffering technology to avoid repeated downloads from the server many times, which will bring unnecessary network load.

Referring to Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the realization flow chart of filtering use cases and sorting in the POS terminal automatic testing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, this POS terminal automatic testing method is applied to terminal equipment, as shown in Fig. 3, comprises the following steps:

S301, select a module;

S302, select the API of the module;

S303, select the test mode, priority, test type, test cost, and execution state;

S304, click the Filter button;

S305, determine whether the use case meets the screening conditions, if yes, execute S306, otherwise end;

S306, all the filtered use cases are selected by default;

S307, you can continue to check out the use cases that you do not want to test;

S308, and finally click Next to complete the screening;

S309, select the sorting key, there are 5 priority attributes;

S310, click the sort button to sort;

S311 , delete the originally displayed data, and display the newly sorted data.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the module includes an API interface, and the API interface includes test cases. The test cases themselves include test mode, priority, test type, test time, execution status attribute, etc. The filtering function uses these characteristics to filter, Filter out the required use cases. Since these use cases need to be displayed through the JAVA table control, each row displays one use case, and each row contains a column of checkboxes, so further filtering actions can be performed, and finally the use cases to be executed are selected. The use case can select 5 keywords for sorting, and execute a multi-level sorting algorithm to realize the sorting function of the use case.

Embodiment 3

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is an application flow chart of performing a test in a POS terminal automatic test method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applied to a terminal device. As shown in FIG. 4, the method may include the following steps:

1. Send the instruction to execute the test case;

2. Send PC execution instructions;

3. After executing the PC command;

4. Execute the test case instruction.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the execution of the use case requires serial communication with the POS terminal, the PC sends an instruction according to the agreed protocol to the POS terminal, and the POS terminal executes the instruction after receiving the instruction. environment, the POS terminal sends an instruction to the PC to execute, the PC returns to the POS terminal after execution, the POS terminal continues to execute the use case, and returns the result to the PC after the execution is completed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, for the ATC software implementation, after the above process is embedded, in order to ensure reliable communication and responsiveness, for example, heartbeat detection is added. For example, before the serial port sends data, heartbeat detection is performed to determine whether the link is Smooth; the most important thing is multi-thread implementation, including four threads, which are respectively the main thread to process the interface response, the control thread, the test running thread and the serial port thread to cooperate to execute the use case. The serial port thread mainly performs data monitoring. When it arrives, notify the test running thread to receive and process the data. After the processing, notify the control running thread to record the result information, and then start adding the next use case. After the test running thread detects it, it will be executed, and it will reciprocate in turn. Please refer to Figure 5 for an intuitive description. , Fig. 5 is the sequence diagram of the thread in the POS terminal automatic test method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, this method is applied to terminal equipment, as shown in Fig. 5:

The main thread starts the start thread TestQueue.start in the test queue;

The test running thread executes the empty function TestQueue.isEmpty in the test queue and waits for Wait;

The serial port thread starts to monitor data;

The main thread receives the message of the start button click;

The control thread executes the empty function TestQueue.isEmpty in the test result queue and waits for Wait;

The control thread executes the increase queue function addLast in the test queue, notifies the test running thread to start the test (notify), and waits for Wait, the normal process loop;

The test running thread executes the empty function TestQueue.isEmpty in the test queue, sends the execution test command sendDoTestCmd, connects and waits for connection Wait;

The serial port thread sends a message notifying the arrival of serial port data to the test running thread;

The test running thread accepts the result and processes it, waiting for Wait;

The test running thread sends a message to the control thread notifying the received result;

The control thread receives the result message, returns the control thread to execute the add queue function addLast in the test queue, and directly tests the test items in the queue function addLast.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the use case is executed, the work of uploading the result starts. With the help of the XML-RPC protocol, the corresponding result data is uploaded to the TESTLINK. Various situations are considered in the implementation, such as whether to connect to the TESTLINK. Whether the use case to be uploaded is the use case in the specified project, plan, or version, uploading the use case is also divided into two steps. First upload the test results and remarks. If there are attachments to upload, first obtain the result ID just uploaded, and then upload the attachments. Refer to Figure 6, Figure 6 is an application flow chart of uploading test results provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applied to a terminal device. As shown in Figure 6, the method may include the following steps:

S601, click the result upload button;

S602, determine whether the TESTLINK connection is successful;

S603, determine whether to upload to the project, plan, build and upload user;

S604, if the import interface displays the result upload, and there is no file to select, if it is directly imported, the result file to be uploaded needs to be selected;

S605, choose to upload all the result data or the latest data;

S606, displaying the result uploading interface, and displaying the imported result data;

S607, click to confirm whether to upload, if yes, execute S608, otherwise end;

S608, obtain the use case from TESTLINK, and compare the data of the uploaded result;

S609, the uploaded data is correct, if yes, execute S610, otherwise, jump to S614;

S610, start uploading test results and remarks;

S611, judge whether the upload is successful, if yes, execute S612, otherwise, jump to S614;

S612, the upload result is successful, check whether there is an attachment, and continue to upload the attachment if there is;

S613, determine whether the upload of the attachment is successful, if yes, end, otherwise, execute S614;

S614, prompting error return.

On the basis of the first and second embodiments, the embodiments of the present invention increase the process of executing use cases and uploading test results. Through the multi-threaded communication method, the communication between the terminal device and the POS terminal can be guaranteed to be reliable, the POS terminal can respond in time, and the use of improved test efficiency.

It should be understood that the size of the sequence numbers of the steps in the above-mentioned first, second, and third embodiments does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, rather than the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention. The process constitutes any qualification.

Embodiment 4

Corresponding to the methods described in Embodiments 1, 2, and 3 above, referring to FIG. 7 , FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of the POS terminal automatic testing device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment includes but is not limited to a computer , mobile phone, pocket computer (Pocket Personal Computer, PPC), palmtop computer, notebook computer, personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), MP4, MP3. For convenience of description, only the parts related to this embodiment are shown. For convenience of explanation, only the parts related to this embodiment are shown.

Referring to Figure 7, the POS terminal automatic test device includes:

The downloading module 71 is used for using the remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol to download the use case from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK;

A screening module 72, configured to obtain the selected test attribute, and filter out the use case to be executed from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attribute;

The sorting module 73 is used to select keywords in the use cases to be executed for sorting to obtain the execution order;

The test module 74 is configured to control the POS terminal to execute the use case in batch or individually according to the execution sequence, and upload the test result after the execution.

As an implementation of this embodiment, in the POS terminal automatic testing device, the screening module is specifically configured to display a test attribute list, where the test attribute list includes test mode, priority, test type, test time, At least one test attribute in the execution state, according to the selection operation, obtain the selected test attribute, and filter out the use case from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attribute; the sorting module is specifically used for selecting keywords, using the selected test attribute. Keywords and multi-level sorting methods, sort the use cases to be executed, get the execution order, and display the sorted use cases.

As an implementation of this embodiment, in the POS terminal automatic test device, the test module is used to send an instruction for executing the use case to the POS terminal through a serial port communication protocol or a parallel port communication protocol according to the execution sequence, and wait for the POS terminal After the terminal executes the use case to be executed, obtain the test result and upload the test result to TESTLINK; or,

The test module includes:

The detection unit is used for heartbeat detection to determine whether the communication link between itself and the POS terminal is normally connected;

The monitoring unit is used to send the instruction of executing the use case to the POS terminal through the serial port communication protocol according to the execution sequence after the normal connection, and use the serial port thread to monitor the data of the POS terminal;

The recording unit is used to notify the test operation thread to receive and process the POS terminal data when monitoring the arrival of the POS terminal data, and after obtaining the test result, notify the control operation thread to record the test result;

The test unit is used to add the next use case to be executed according to the execution sequence after the recording is completed, and reciprocate in turn; after waiting for the POS terminal to complete the execution of the use case to be executed, obtain the test results and upload the test results to TESTLINK.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention lie in two aspects. On the one hand, the use cases to be executed are screened out through the test attributes, which realizes the execution of use cases according to requirements, reduces the input of human resources, and improves the test efficiency. The protocol communicates with the POS terminal, controls the execution of the use case on the POS terminal, and realizes the purpose of automatic testing.

Embodiment 5

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a POS terminal automatic testing apparatus/terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8 , the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8 of this embodiment includes: a processor 80, a memory 81, and a computer program 82 stored in the memory 81 and running on the processor 80, Such as POS terminal automatic test program. When the processor 80 executes the computer program 82, it implements the steps in each of the above-mentioned embodiments of the automatic POS terminal testing method, for example, steps 101 to 104 shown in FIG. 1 . Alternatively, when the processor 80 executes the computer program 82 , the functions of the modules/units in the foregoing device embodiments, for example, the functions of the modules 71 to 74 shown in FIG. 7 , are implemented.

Exemplarily, the computer program 82 may be divided into one or more modules/units, and the one or more modules/units are stored in the memory 81 and executed by the processor 80 to complete the this invention. The one or more modules/units may be a series of computer program instruction segments capable of accomplishing specific functions, and the instruction segments are used to describe the execution process of the computer program 82 in the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8 . For example, the computer program 82 can be divided into a download module, a screening module, a sorting module, and a testing module (modules in a virtual device), and the specific functions of each module are as follows:

The download module is used to download use cases from the web-based use case management system TESTLINK using the remote procedure call XML-RPC protocol;

The filter module is used to obtain the selected test attributes, and filter out the use cases to be executed from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attributes;

The sorting module is used to select keywords in the use cases to be executed for sorting, and obtain the execution order;

The test module is used to control the batch or single execution of the use case of the POS terminal according to the execution sequence, and upload the test result after the execution.

The POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8 may be computing devices such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, and a cloud server. The POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal equipment may include, but is not limited to, a processor 80 and a memory 81 . Those skilled in the art can understand that FIG. 8 is only an example of the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8, and does not constitute a limitation on the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8, and may include more or less than shown in the figure. Components, or a combination of certain components, or different components, for example, the POS terminal automatic test device/terminal equipment may also include input and output devices, network access devices, buses, and the like.

The so-called processor 80 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), and may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processors, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), Off-the-shelf programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, and the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 81 may be an internal storage unit of the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8 , such as a hard disk or a memory of the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8 . The memory 81 may also be an external storage device of the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8, such as a plug-in hard disk equipped on the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal device 8, a smart memory card (Smart Media Card). , SMC), secure digital (Secure Digital, SD) card, flash memory card (Flash Card) and so on. Further, the memory 81 may also include both an internal storage unit of the POS terminal automatic testing apparatus/terminal device 8 and an external storage device. The memory 81 is used for storing the computer program and other programs and data required by the POS terminal automatic testing device/terminal equipment. The memory 81 can also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or will be output. Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and simplicity of description, only the division of the above-mentioned functional units and modules is used as an example. Module completion, that is, dividing the internal structure of the device into different functional units or modules to complete all or part of the functions described above. Each functional unit and module in the embodiment may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit, and the above-mentioned integrated units may adopt hardware. It can also be realized in the form of software functional units. In addition, the specific names of the functional units and modules are only for the convenience of distinguishing from each other, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the present application. For the specific working processes of the units and modules in the above-mentioned system, reference may be made to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

In the foregoing embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For parts that are not described or described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can realize that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality using different methods for each particular application, but such implementations should not be considered beyond the scope of the present invention.

In the embodiments provided by the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus/terminal device and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus/terminal device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the modules or units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units. Or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. On the other hand, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of software functional units.

The integrated modules/units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the present invention can implement all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments, and can also be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a computer program, and the computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program is executed by the processor, the steps of the foregoing method embodiments can be implemented. . Wherein, the computer program includes computer program code, and the computer program code may be in the form of source code, object code, executable file or some intermediate form, and the like. The computer-readable medium may include: any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, a recording medium, a U disk, a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a computer memory, a read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory) , Random Access Memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), electric carrier signal, telecommunication signal and software distribution medium, etc. It should be noted that the content contained in the computer-readable media may be appropriately increased or decreased according to the requirements of legislation and patent practice in the jurisdiction, for example, in some jurisdictions, according to legislation and patent practice, the computer-readable media Excluded are electrical carrier signals and telecommunication signals.

The device/terminal device may be a computing device such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, and a cloud server. The apparatus/terminal equipment may include, but is not limited to, a processor and a memory. Those skilled in the art can understand that the schematic diagram is only an example of an apparatus/terminal device, and does not constitute a limitation to the apparatus/terminal device, and may include more or less components than those shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or Different components, such as the apparatus/terminal device, may also include input and output devices, network access devices, buses, and the like.

The processor may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), or other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), off-the-shelf processors Programmable Gate Array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or the processor can also be any conventional processor, etc. The processor is the control center of the device/terminal device, and uses various interfaces and lines to connect the entire device/terminal device. various parts.

The memory can be used to store the computer program and/or module, and the processor implements the apparatus by running or executing the computer program and/or module stored in the memory and calling the data stored in the memory / Various functions of the terminal device. The memory may mainly include a stored program area and a stored data area, wherein the stored program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc.; the storage data area may store Data (such as audio data, phonebook, etc.) created according to the usage of the mobile phone, etc. In addition, the memory may include high-speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory such as hard disk, internal memory, plug-in hard disk, Smart Media Card (SMC), Secure Digital (SD) card , a flash memory card (Flash Card), at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage device.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, but not to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: it is still possible to implement the foregoing implementations. The technical solutions described in the examples are modified, or some technical features thereof are equivalently replaced; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and should be included in the within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. A POS terminal automatic test method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

downloading a specified use case from a web-based use case management system TEST L INK by using a remote procedure call XM L-RPC protocol;

acquiring the selected test attribute, and screening out the use cases to be executed from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attribute;

selecting keywords, selecting more than one keyword for sorting the use cases to be executed by adopting the selected keywords and a multi-level sorting mode to obtain an execution sequence, and displaying the sorted use cases, wherein the keywords have more than one priority attribute, and the obtained execution sequence is an execution sequence with newly sorted data obtained by deleting the originally displayed data according to the more than one priority attribute;

according to the execution sequence, a multi-thread coordinated communication mode is adopted to control the POS terminal to carry out batch processing or single execution of the use cases, and after the execution is finished, a test result is uploaded, wherein the multi-thread comprises a test running thread; if the testing environment of the POS terminal needs to be modified in the execution process, receiving an instruction sent by the POS terminal, and modifying according to the instruction;

the POS terminal is controlled to process the cases in batch or execute the cases singly according to the execution sequence, and after the execution is finished, the test result is uploaded, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:

judging whether a communication link between the communication link and the POS terminal is normally connected or not by adopting heartbeat detection;

after normal connection, according to an execution sequence, sending an instruction of executing a case to the POS terminal through a serial port communication protocol, and monitoring POS terminal data by using a serial port thread;

when the POS terminal data is monitored to arrive, informing the test operation thread to receive and process the POS terminal data, and after a test result is obtained, informing the control operation thread to record the test result;

after the recording is finished, adding the next use case to be executed according to the execution sequence, and reciprocating in sequence;

and after the POS terminal finishes executing the to-be-executed use case, acquiring a TEST result, and uploading the TEST result to TEST L INK.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the selected test attributes, and the screening of the cases to be executed from the downloaded cases according to the selected test attributes, specifically:

displaying a test attribute list, wherein the test attribute list comprises at least one test attribute of a test mode, a priority, a test type, test time and an execution state;

acquiring the selected test attribute according to the selection operation;

and screening out the use cases from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attributes.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the POS terminal is controlled to perform the batch processing or the single execution of the use cases according to the execution sequence, and after the execution is finished, the test result is uploaded, specifically:

according to the execution sequence, sending a command for executing the use case to the POS terminal through a serial communication protocol or a parallel communication protocol, obtaining a TEST result after the POS terminal finishes executing the use case to be executed, and uploading the TEST result to TEST L INK.

4. An automatic testing device for a POS terminal, comprising:

the download module is used for downloading the specified use case from a web-based use case management system TEST L INK by using a remote procedure call XM L-RPC protocol;

the screening module is used for acquiring the selected test attributes and screening the cases to be executed from the downloaded cases according to the selected test attributes;

the system comprises a sorting module, a display module and a display module, wherein the sorting module is used for selecting keywords, selecting more than one keyword for sorting the use cases to be executed by adopting the selected keywords and a multi-stage sorting mode to obtain an execution sequence and displaying the sorted use cases, the keywords have more than one priority attribute, and the obtained execution sequence is an execution sequence with newly sorted data obtained by deleting originally displayed data according to the more than one priority attribute;

the test module is used for controlling the POS terminal to carry out batch processing or single execution of the use cases in a multi-thread coordinated communication mode according to the execution sequence, and uploading a test result after the execution is finished, wherein the multi-thread comprises a test running thread; if the testing environment of the POS terminal needs to be modified in the execution process, receiving an instruction sent by the POS terminal, and modifying according to the instruction;

the TEST module comprises a detection unit, a monitoring unit, a recording unit, a TEST unit and a TEST unit, wherein the detection unit is used for judging whether a communication link between the detection unit and a POS terminal is normally connected or not by adopting heartbeat detection, the monitoring unit is used for sending an instruction of executing a case to the POS terminal through a serial port communication protocol according to an execution sequence after the normal connection and monitoring POS terminal data by using a serial port thread, the recording unit is used for informing a TEST operation thread to receive and process the POS terminal data when the POS terminal data arrives and informing a control operation thread to record a TEST result after the TEST result is obtained, the TEST unit is used for increasing the next case to be executed according to the execution sequence after the recording is finished and sequentially reciprocating, and the TEST result is obtained after the POS terminal finishes executing the case to be executed and is uploaded to TEST L INK.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the screening module is specifically configured to display a test attribute list, where the test attribute list includes at least one test attribute of a test mode, a priority, a test type, a test time, and an execution state, obtain the selected test attribute according to the selection operation, and screen the use case from the downloaded use cases according to the selected test attribute.

6. The apparatus of claim 4,

and the TEST module is used for sending a command for executing the use case to the POS terminal through a serial communication protocol or a parallel communication protocol according to the execution sequence, acquiring a TEST result after the POS terminal finishes executing the use case to be executed, and uploading the TEST result to TEST L INK.

7. A POS terminal automatic test equipment/terminal device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in said memory and executable on said processor, characterized in that said processor, when executing said computer program, implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

8. A computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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