TPTP-Test-Tools-Design-Review-166025-01282008
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Date
- January 28, 2008
Attendees
- Present:
- Jerome Bozier
- Dawn Peters
- Alexander Bernstein
- Paul Slauenwhite
- Joseph Toomey
- Kent Siefkes
Background
- Progress update and demo of enhancement 166025 (Move, Copy, Delete, Rename and Import/Export test assets).
- Target: March 14, 2008 (see TPTP 4.5.Detailed Schedule).
Minutes
- The error handling and import/export use cases are in jeopardy of not being completed.
- Demo of the existing implementation covering move, delete, rename, and copy/paste.
- Questions and Answers:
- Q: How are the markers generated/updated when sharing projects/files (see the import/export use case)?
- A: Markers are generated/updated when the test resource is first displayed in the Test Navigator.
- Q: Can an annotation file be used in place of a marker file?
- A: Yes. Considered an improvement from the current design since the metadata in the marker is included in the test resource, thereby increasing portability.
- Q: Is deep copy necessary for the copy/paste use case?
- A: No. This function can be removed and reused for the rename use case.
- Jerome will finish the implementation for the move, delete, rename, and copy/paste use cases this week and post a patch to the Bugzilla for review.
- Jerome will resume his non-TPTP responsibilities starting next week for three weeks since he worked 100% on this enhancement for the last three weeks.
Core Use Cases
- UC1. Move:
- Move a referring or referenced test asset to another directory.
- Requires update of references in the referring test asset(s) when moving the referenced test asset.
- Requires update of references in the referring test asset when moving the referring test asset.
- Currently supports a move via the Refactoring wizard but must support cut/paste and drag/drop.
- UC2. Delete:
- Delete a referring or referenced test asset.
- Requires deleting references in the referring test asset(s) when deleting the referenced test asset.
- Requires a deep deletion (confirmed by the user), which deletes all referenced test asset(s) (e.g. deleting all test logs if a test suite is deleted) when deleting the referring test asset.
- UC3. Rename:
- Renaming a referenced test asset.
- Requires update of references in the referring test asset(s) when renaming the referenced test asset.
- Physical versus logical renaming:
- Need to confirm the benefit (if any) of the logical name for a test asset and determine if it could can be the same as the physical name.
- UC4. Copy/paste:
- Copy a test asset to the same or another directory.
- Requires regeneration of the IDs in the test asset.
- Potentially requires renaming the test asset (e.g. copy/paste in the same directory) - see UC3.
- Potentially requires moving the test asset (e.g. copy/paste in a different directory) - see UC1.
- Physical versus logical renaming:
- Need to confirm the benefit (if any) of the logical name for a test asset and determine if it could can be the same as the physical name.
- UC5. Error handling:
- Fall-back error handling for modifications done outside of the Test Perspective/Test Navigator (e.g. deleting a referenced test asset on the local file system).
- Iterates the workspace when the Test Perspective/Test Navigator is opened to correct any inconsistent references/names.
- UC6. Import/export:
- Export a subset of test assets and then importing the subset of test assets into a new workspace (e.g. missing test asserts).
- Covered under UC5.