Glossary - functional test
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functional test.
A test to determine whether a system, application, or component functions as
intended. Functional tests often compare how the application-under-test behaves in the
current build against its behavior in previous builds.
Grid Comparator.
The Rational Test component for reviewing, analyzing, and editing data
files for text and numeric verification points in grid formats. The Grid Comparator displays
the differences between the recorded baseline data and the actual data captured during
playback.
home interface.
An interface class for an enterprise bean that defines life-cycle methods for
the bean--that is, methods for creating, removing, and finding beans.
IDE.
Integrated Development Environment. This environment consists of a set of integrated
tools that are used to develop a software application. Examples of IDEs supported by Rational
QualityArchitect include Visual Age and Visual Cafe.
interaction diagram.
See collaboration diagram and sequence diagram.
log.
A file that contains the record of events that occur during test script play back.
LogViewer.
See Rational LogViewer.
playback.
The process of executing a script.
postcondition.
A requirement that a method, routine, or function has on its result. The
requirement is checked after the method executes.
precondition.
A requirement that a method, routine, or function has on the values supplied
to its parameters. The requirement is checked before the method executes.
Rational Administrator.
The Rational Test component that you use to create and maintain
repositories, projects, users, groups, computers, and SQL Anywhere servers.
Rational LogViewer.
The Rational Test component for displaying log files, which contain the
record of events that occur while playing back a script or running a schedule. Also, the
component from which you start the four Comparators.
Rational TestManager.
The Rational Test product for managing the overall testing effort. You
use it to define and store information about test documents, requirements, scripts, schedules,
and sessions.
receiver object.
The object that receives the messages in a Rose interaction diagram.
regression testing.
Testing that occurs over successive builds of an application.
remote interface.
An interface class for an enterprise bean that defines all of the bean's
business methods.
requirements-based testing.
A testing strategy based on test requirements.
Requirements-based testing measures the number of test requirements that have been verified
compared to all of the requirements that have been identified.
script.
See test script.
