Client/Server - Recovering multiple tests
principles in the chapter on structuring and generalizing recordings
in this manual.
machines
connect to all the machines and then you direct specific test operations to
particular machines. This enables you to drive different applications
concurrently. For example, you can test the intercommunication capabilities
of two different applications or you can drive both a client application and its
server.
explicit connection command. This can be either Connect (agent_name) or
SetUpMachine (agent_name). This connection lasts for the duration of the
script unless you issue a Disconnect (agent_name) command. In the body of
the script you can specify that a particular portion of code is to be executed
on a particular machine. The SetMachine (agent_name) command specifies
that the following statements are directed to that Agent. You can specify that
just one statement is directed to a particular Agent by using the bracket form
of the machine handle operator. For example:
a detailed description of the machine handle operator.
block of code that sends the same operations to a particular set of target
machines and you can pass the SetMachine function in that block of code a
variable initialized from a list that specifies the machines in that set. Thus
specifying which machines receive which operations is very simple. Chapter
22, "Multi-Application Testing" gives examples and detailed explanations of
these techniques.
tests
target machine:
next test will start.
that it executed correctly.
case where the test failed and the application is left in an indeterminate
state. In either case, the cleanup operations return the application to a
known base state.