Difference between revisions of "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).

• Description Document

• 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.

Detailed Design

• Detailed Design Document (Microsoft Word).