Recursive OData Service Testing Method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for testing OData services lack comprehensive and recursive validation of resource identifiers and response documents, leading to incomplete or inefficient testing processes.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that extracts resource identifiers from an initial service document, retrieves and applies test functions to respective response documents, and recursively extracts new identifiers until no additional ones are found, ensuring thorough validation and reporting of results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current testing methods are used for OData services, then the testing process is simpler, but the validation is incomplete and efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The testing process is segmented into distinct phases: initial service document extraction, recursive response document extraction, test function application, and result recording. Each phase handles specific resource identifiers independently, ensuring comprehensive validation without overwhelming complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements nested extraction where response documents contain additional resource identifiers that are extracted and tested recursively. This nested structure allows the testing process to drill down through multiple levels of service documents, ensuring complete validation of all resources.
2Reliability
If comprehensive recursive testing is implemented, then validation completeness improves, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary extraction of all resource identifiers from service documents before executing test functions. This preliminary action organizes the testing workload and enables efficient batch processing, reducing overall testing duration while maintaining thoroughness.
Solution Approach 2:
The recursive extraction and testing process continues without interruption through multiple levels of service documents. The system maintains continuous useful action by systematically processing each extracted resource identifier through the test function pipeline, eliminating idle time and ensuring complete coverage.
3Reliability
If all resource identifiers are tested systematically, then testing coverage is complete, but the risk of duplicate requests increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that track extracted resource identifiers and monitor testing progress. This feedback loop enables the system to recognize previously processed identifiers and prevent duplicate test requests, ensuring complete coverage without redundant operations.
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AI summary
The present disclosure describes computer implemented methods, computer systems, and computer readable mediums for recursively testing an OData service. One method may include extracting resource identifiers from an initial service document, and for each of the resource identifiers, retrieving a respective response document from the OData service. The method may further include applying a test function to each of the resource identifiers and respective response documents and recording a result of the test function for each of the resource identifiers. The method may further include recursively extracting new resource identifiers from the response documents and retrieving respective new response documents for each new resource identifier from the OData service until no additional resource identifiers are extracted from the new response documents.