Enterprise Test Framework Using Hybrid Scripts Across Automation Tools
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automation test frameworks for enterprise web applications are inefficient and inflexible, requiring excessive manual configuration and failing to scale with user interface and functionality changes, and are often tied to specific automation tools, making them unusable across different tools and customers.
Innovation Solution
A customizable enterprise automation test framework that uses workflow, page structure, and function definitions in XML format, parsed by a hybrid script parser to generate a hybrid script, which is then processed by an automation tool parser to create a runtime script for automated testing, allowing flexibility and compatibility with multiple tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing automation test frameworks are used for enterprise web applications, then automated testing can be performed, but the frameworks require excessive manual configuration and are inflexible when user interface and functionality changes occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the test framework into distinct modular components: workflow definitions, page structure definitions, and function definitions. Each component is independently configurable and can be modified without affecting others, enabling flexible adaptation to UI and functionality changes while reducing manual reconfiguration effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The framework employs dynamic configuration through XML-based definitions that can be easily modified. The hybrid script parser dynamically generates executable scripts from these definitions, allowing the system to adapt to changes in real-time without requiring extensive manual reconfiguration, thus improving adaptability while reducing time loss.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing automation test frameworks are used, then testing can be automated, but the frameworks are often tied to specific automation tools making them unusable across different tools and customers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal test framework that can interface with multiple automation tools through a standardized XML-based definition system. The hybrid script parser acts as a universal translator that converts workflow, page structure, and function definitions into tool-specific scripts, enabling the same framework to work across different automation tools without increasing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The hybrid script parser serves as an intermediary layer between the high-level XML definitions and the specific automation tool implementations. This mediator translates generic workflow definitions into tool-specific commands, allowing the framework to maintain simplicity while achieving broad compatibility with different automation tools and customers.
3Productivity
If traditional test frameworks are used, then basic automation is achieved, but effort efficiencies are not optimized and customization is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining workflows, page structures, and functions in XML format before actual test execution. This upfront structuring allows the hybrid script parser to automatically generate executable scripts, significantly improving effort efficiency while keeping configuration complexity manageable through the use of standardized templates and definitions.
Solution Approach 2:
The framework optimizes productivity through parameter changes by allowing dynamic modification of XML definition parameters. Users can easily adjust workflow steps, page element locators, and function parameters without rewriting entire test scripts. This flexibility improves effort efficiency while maintaining manageable configuration complexity through parameter-based customization rather than structural changes.
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AI summary
Embodiments provide systems and methods for implementing a customizable enterprise automation test framework. A workflow definition, page structure definition, and function definition for an automated test of an enterprise website can be received. A hybrid script parser can parse the workflow definition, page structure definition, and function definition to generate a hybrid script for the automated test. An automation tool parser can parse the hybrid script to generate an output for an automation tool. Based on the output from the automation tool parser, a runtime script can be generated that is executed by the automation tool to generate results for the automated test, where the automation tool implements the steps of the one or more workflows on the plurality of web pages of the enterprise web site to generate the results for the automated test.