KR101488815B1 - Device for generating a script for menu test, menu test automatic system having the same, and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A script generating device for menu test, a menu test automation system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. According to an apparatus for generating a menu test script according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a script for a menu test can be automatically generated based on structure information corresponding to the structure of the menus, in order to test various menus included in the terminal . Therefore, the test work can be performed efficiently while consuming less time than writing the script directly for the menu test.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a menu test script generating apparatus, a menu test automation system including the same, and a menu test automation system including the same,

The embodiment of the present invention relates to an automated test system. More specifically, a menu test script is automatically generated using structure information on menus included in a terminal, so that a menu test can be easily and quickly performed A menu test automation system including the same, and a method thereof.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, wired / wireless multimedia devices such as mobile phones (e.g., mobile phones, PMPs) have evolved into a multimedia format capable of pursuing a variety of functions.

In addition, due to the expansion of the spread of multimedia devices, the production volume of multimedia devices is becoming big and the production speed is also rapidly increasing.

It is common practice in the industry to test each menu before it is launched, and to test whether each menu is working properly.

However, the multimedia devices include various menus. As the functions of the multimedia devices increase, menu items have various and complicated menu structures. In order to test the menus, Time and cost are increasing.

Most devices having a graphical user interface (GUI) can move to a screen capable of performing a specific function by pressing a button or a key, and the corresponding function can be performed.

A menu tree is a representation of a key or button information that can be moved to a screen corresponding to each menu included in the portable terminal in a tree structure. The menu trees are illustrated in FIGS. 1A and 1B.

FIG. 1A illustrates a menu tree using a power point, and FIG. 1B illustrates a menu tree using an Excel.

Conventionally, in order to test the menus of the portable terminal, a method has been used in which a person visits all the menus individually to check whether the corresponding screen is properly configured. However, this passive operation has a problem that the menu test time is very delayed, which is very inappropriate for a menu test system requiring a high speed.

In addition, in a system for automatically performing a test, various menus included in the terminal can be tested using a script for menu test. 1C shows an example of a script for a menu test. When the test script shown in FIG. 1C is written, it is possible to perform the test repeatedly, thereby having a great advantage in performing repetitive tasks or repeatedly performing the test.

However, when a model of a terminal is partially changed, a new script must be newly created, which is very inefficient in terms of time and cost. Alternatively, there is an inconvenience in that, in addition to checking and confirming each screen in a fixed order in the menu tree, and in order to randomly test the screen, it is necessary to newly create a script for each case.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a menu test script generating apparatus capable of efficiently performing a menu test, a menu test automation system including the same, And to provide such a method.

It is another object of embodiments of the present invention to provide a menu test script generating apparatus capable of effectively performing a menu test even if the model of the terminal is changed by merely modifying a simple menu structure, a menu automation system including the same, Method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating a menu test script, the apparatus comprising: a menu structure data generation unit for generating structure information for at least one menu included in the terminal; And a script generating unit for generating a script for testing the at least one menu included in the terminal based on the structure information on the at least one menu generated by the menu structure data generating unit.

The structure information may include at least one of an upper / lower hierarchical relationship of the menu, an authentication screen of the menu, and an up / down movement button of the menu.

The menu structure data generation unit may generate the structure information for the at least one menu as a linked list structure.

Wherein the linked list is implemented as a doubly linked list, the dual linked list includes a node, a head, and a tail, wherein the node includes the authentication screen of the menu and the head includes jump button information to a higher menu And the tail may include move button information to a lower menu.

At least one of the move button information to the upper menu included in the head and the move button information to the lower menu included in the tail may be implemented as a pointer.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a menu test automation system including a terminal having at least one menu having a top / bottom hierarchical structure; A menu test script generating device for generating a script for testing the at least one menu provided in the terminal; And a test apparatus for testing the at least one menu included in the terminal using the script generated by the script generating apparatus for menu test, wherein the menu test script generating apparatus comprises: A menu structure data generating unit for generating structure information for one menu; And a script generating unit for generating a script for testing the at least one menu included in the terminal based on the structure information on the at least one menu generated by the menu structure data generating unit.

The test apparatus may sequentially or randomly test the at least one menu included in the terminal.

Wherein the menu test automation system further comprises an updating unit for updating the at least one menu included in the terminal, and the updating unit updates the at least one menu included in the terminal, The corresponding structural information can be updated.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a menu test automation method for testing at least one menu provided in a terminal, the method comprising: receiving structure information of at least one menu included in the terminal; step; Generating a script for menu testing based on the received structure information; And testing the at least one menu included in the terminal using the generated menu test script.

The step of receiving structure information for the at least one menu included in the terminal may receive the structure for the at least one menu as a linked list.

Wherein the step of testing the at least one menu included in the terminal using the generated menu test script comprises the steps of sequentially or sequentially performing the at least one menu included in the terminal using the generated menu test script, It may be a step of randomly testing.

According to the apparatus for generating a menu test script according to the embodiment of the present invention, even if the model of the terminal is changed, the script can be automatically generated by simply modifying the structure information of the menu, thereby enabling quick menu test.

In addition, according to the apparatus for generating a menu test script according to the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of menus provided in the terminal can be sequentially or randomly tested.

It is to be understood that specific structural or functional descriptions are illustrative only for purposes of illustrating embodiments of the inventive concept and that embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present invention may be embodied in various forms and are not intended to limit the scope of the presently disclosed embodiments Should not be construed as limiting.

Embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present invention can make various changes and have various forms, so that specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in this specification or application. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the present invention to specific forms of disclosure, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

The terms first and / or second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are intended to distinguish one element from another, for example, without departing from the scope of the invention in accordance with the concepts of the present invention, the first element may be termed the second element, The second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises ", or" having ", or the like, specify that there is a stated feature, number, step, operation, , Steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, as a matter of principle.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art and, unless expressly defined herein, are interpreted in an ideal or overly formal sense It does not.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 10 for generating a menu test script according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The menu test script generating apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a menu structure data generating unit 11 or a script generating unit 12.

The menu structure data generating unit 11 may generate the structure information for at least one menu provided in the terminal. A terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include any device having a plurality of menus. For example, the terminal may be a cellular phone, a portable multimedia player (PMP), a digital audio player an audio player, a digital television, and an image photographing device (e.g., a digital camera).

Therefore, the menu structure data generation unit 11 can generate the structure information for at least one menu included in the terminal to be tested. For example, the structure information may include information such as an upper / lower hierarchical relationship of each menu, an authentication screen of each menu, and an up / down movement button of each menu.

More specifically, it is determined whether there are any menus in the upper menu or the lower menu from the current menu state, which button (or key) should be pressed to approach the upper menu or the lower menu, Information on what is in the text or sound of the screen may be included in the structure information.

According to the embodiment, the menu structure data generation unit 11 may implement the structure information of the at least one menu included in the terminal in the form of a linked list. In the embodiment according to the present invention, the linked list is illustrated as the structure information for easy understanding of the present invention, but the structure information according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this and may include any data structure .

A linked list according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a single linked list providing only a link in one direction or a double linked list providing a link in both directions.

For example, when the linked list according to the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as the double linked list in order to display all the movement from the current menu to the upper menu and the lower menu, A head, or a tail.

For example, the node may include an authentication screen of each menu included in the terminal, the head may include movement button information from each menu to an upper menu, and the tail may include movement button information May be included. In addition, according to the embodiment, the information included in the head or the tail may be implemented as pointer information.

The menu structure data generation unit 11 according to the embodiment of the present invention generates menu structure data by using the menu tree illustrated in FIG. 1A or FIG. 1B using software such as a graphical user interface, a program such as Excel or PowerPoint, Linked list).

Also, as described above, the menu test script generating apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention generates the script for menu test 10 according to the structure information of the at least one menu generated by the menu structure data generating unit 11, And a script generating unit 12 for generating a script for testing the at least one menu included in the at least one menu.

Scripts according to embodiments of the invention may include a listing of programs or instructions that may be translated or performed by programs other than computer processors. Generally speaking, the script is easier to understand and faster to write than languages such as C or C ++, which require compilation, and is therefore suitable for creating programs that have very limited capabilities or can be reused in connection with existing programs that have been compiled can do.

For example, the script generating unit 12 may generate the following script based on the generated structure information for the at least one menu.

Send Key (Menu Key)

Send Key (1 Key)

Image Compare (Configure Screen)

Send Key (Back key)

Send Key (2 Key)

Image Compare (Phonebook Screen)

.....

At this time, the menu structure data generator 11 according to the embodiment of the present invention sets the upper menu to 'Menu' and presses the '1' key in the 'Menu' Menu information is displayed on the 'Menu' screen and '2' is pressed on the 'Menu' screen, the structure information including the information for executing the 'Phonebook' menu can be generated in the form of a linked list.

As in the above example, the script generating unit 12 can automatically generate a script for menu test based on the received structure information. More specifically, the script generating unit 12 can automatically generate a script for visiting and testing a screen for each menu from the received linked list, using node information and pointer information.

According to the embodiment, the script generation unit 12 may sequentially generate a script according to the upper / lower hierarchical structure of a plurality of menus included in the terminal, or may generate a script for a plurality of menus included in the terminal, Scripts can be generated randomly regardless of hierarchical structure.

The script generated by the menu test script generating apparatus 10 may be tested for menus included in an actual terminal by a predetermined test apparatus (not shown). Such a system will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

3A and 3B are exemplary diagrams illustrating a linked list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A schematically shows a menu tree structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Although FIG. 3A illustrates that the terminal includes only a few simple menus for easy understanding of the present invention, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto and can be applied to all the systems including arbitrary menus.

As can be seen from the tree structure of the menu shown in FIG. 3A, the illustrated terminal may include 'A' as a higher menu and 'B1' and 'B2' as lower menus for menu 'A' . Further, the submenus for the menu 'B1' may include 'C1', 'C2' and 'C3', and may include 'D1' and 'D2' as submenus for the menu 'B2'. In addition, it may include 'E1' and 'E2' as submenus for the menu 'D2'.

FIG. 3B exemplarily shows a linked list based on script generation using the tree structure of the menu shown in FIG. 3A.

As described above, the linked list according to the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as a doubly linked list that can be linked in both directions, and the double linked list as shown in FIG. 3B includes the node 31, the head 32 ), Or a tail 33, as shown in FIG.

As described above, the node 31 may include authentication screen information of each menu, and the head 32 may include movement button information from each menu to an upper menu. In the tail 33, And information on the movement button from the menu to the submenu may be included.

C1 ',' C2 ',' C3 ',' D1 ',' E1 'and' E2 'can be applied to the head 32, The NULL value may be applied to the tail 33 because there is no submenu. Similarly, the menus 'B1', 'B2' and 'D2' may include specific information in the head 32 and the tail 33 since both the upper and lower menus are present.

3C shows another example of a linked list according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3C, menus A through E are sequentially linked. Each node 31 includes a screen to be checked in each menu, and each head 32 includes movement information to a previous menu , And each tail 33 may include movement information to a subsequent menu.

That is, although various menus of the terminal generally have an upper / lower hierarchical structure, a plurality of menus may exist in a horizontal structure, and menus formed in a horizontal structure may have a menu structure as shown in FIG. 3C .

As described above, the script for the menu test of the terminal is automatically generated based on the linked list including the authentication screen information of each menu, the upper / lower menu information of each menu, or the movement button information from each menu to the upper / It is only required to insert, modify or delete only a part of the linked list without individually modifying the script even when the model of the terminal is changed, so that the cost and time required for the menu test can be considerably reduced .

4 is a schematic block diagram of a menu test automation system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The menu test automation system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include the terminal 30, the menu script generating apparatus 10, or the test apparatus 20. [

As described above, the terminal 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include any apparatus having a top / bottom hierarchical structure, and the menu test script generating apparatus 10 may include the terminal 30, You can create a script for automatic testing of the menu.

Also, the test apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention can test at least one menu included in the terminal 30 using the script generated by the menu script generating apparatus 10.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the testing process may include checking whether an authentication screen corresponding to each menu matches an actual displayed screen. If it is determined that the screen matches with the authentication screen, Lt; / RTI > According to an embodiment, the testing process may include verifying that predetermined text is displayed correctly at a designated location, verifying that the colors specified in each area match, checking whether the sound inserted into the menu is correctly output And the like.

Also, according to an embodiment, the test apparatus 20 may sequentially test the at least one menu included in the terminal 30 or may sequentially test the at least one menu regardless of the order of the upper / You can test it randomly. In the embodiment in which the test apparatus 20 randomly tests the at least one menu, the script for generating a menu test script 10 may generate a script capable of randomly moving the node corresponding to each menu .

The menu test automation system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an update unit 40 for updating at least one menu included in the terminal 30, The controller 40 may update the structure information corresponding to the updated menu when updating the at least one menu included in the terminal 30. [

According to an embodiment, the authentication screen and the like may be stored in a separate database (not shown), and the update unit 40 may update the database when a menu model of the terminal 30 is partially changed.

The menu test automation system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to all cases where a product having a GUI is tested using a test automation tool.

The menu test automation method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as a computer readable code on a recording medium that can be read by a computer. The recording medium on which the computer can read may include any type of recording device in which data that can be read by the computer system is stored.

For example, a computer-readable recording medium includes a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like. The code may be transmitted in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet).

Also, the recording medium that can be read by the computer is distributed to a network-connected computer system so that codes that can be read by the computer in a distributed manner can be stored and executed. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the menu test automation method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be easily deduced by the programmers of the present invention.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A brief description of each drawing is provided to more fully understand the drawings recited in the description of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are exemplary views of a menu tree according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 1C is an illustration of a script for menu testing.

2 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for generating a menu test script according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 3A to 3C are diagrams for explaining a linked list according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

4 is a schematic block diagram of a menu test automation system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (12)

A menu structure data generating unit for generating structure information for at least one menu included in the terminal; And And a script generating unit for generating a script for testing the at least one menu included in the terminal based on the structure information on the at least one menu generated by the menu structure data generating unit, Wherein the structure information includes at least one of an upper / lower hierarchical relationship of the menu, an authentication screen of the menu, and an up / down movement button of the menu, Wherein the menu structure data generator generates the structure information for the at least one menu as a linked list structure, the linked list is implemented as a doubly linked list, The dual linked list includes a node, a head, and a tail, the node includes the authentication screen of the menu, the head includes move button information to a higher menu, and the tail includes move button information For generating a menu test script. delete delete delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein at least one of the navigation button information on the upper menu included in the head and the navigation button information on the lower menu included in the tail is implemented as a pointer. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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