Service modeling and virtualization

Abstract

The systems and methods described herein can be used to provide virtual service environments. In one embodiment, a virtual service model is generated by detecting one or more transactions, each of which includes a request sent from a requester to a software service and a response sent from the software service to the requester; storing information describing the detected transactions in a virtual service model, where the information describing each transaction includes information identifying a command included in the request and information identifying a response attribute included in the response; and generating information describing an unknown transaction, where the information describing the unknown transaction includes information identifying a first command and information identifying a first response attribute. The first command and the first response attribute are copies of a corresponding command and a corresponding response attribute associated with a corresponding one of the detected transactions.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 of U.S. application Ser. No. 13 / 341,650 filed on Dec. 30, 2011 and entitled “Service Modeling and Virtualization”, which application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 242,783, filed Sep. 30, 2008, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,112,262 and entitled “Service Modeling and Virtualization”, naming John J. Michelsen as inventor. The disclosures of the prior applications are considered part of and are incorporated by reference in the disclosure of this application.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to testing and, more particularly, to systems for testing software that depends on and / or interacts with a constrained service that may not always be available for use during testing.DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART[0003]As software becomes more sophisticated, it becomes more difficult to quickly and easily perform thorough softw...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a system and method for testing software applications that interact with constrained services, such as databases or metered partner services. These systems create virtual service environments that allow developers to test their applications without using the actual service. The virtual service environments are generated based on information collected during the software design phase and can be used throughout the development and testing phases. The technical effect of this invention is that it provides a way to test software applications without risking damage or negative impacts on actual services, while still obtaining useful test results.

Problems solved by technology

As software becomes more sophisticated, it becomes more difficult to quickly and easily perform thorough software testing.

One such difficulty arises when software testing involves testing the ability of a program or application under test to interact with a constrained software resource, such as a database, metered partner service, or the like.

In yet another example, the constrained service may still be in development and thus not yet available to interact with the application under test.

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