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Test Execution Specialist Guide
This guide describes tasks that you can perform to test application code in HCL OneTest™ Embedded for Eclipse IDE. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.
Testing with HCL OneTest™ Embedded for Eclipse IDE
Read these topics to learn how to use the product.
Testing software components
Test cases
Using the test case editor
Using values from a data pool
Data pools contain a series of values, or data patterns, that can be used as initialization or expected values for use in a test case or the data dictionary.

Test Execution Specialist Guide
This guide describes tasks that you can perform to test application code in HCL OneTest™ Embedded for Eclipse IDE. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.
- Testing with HCL OneTest™ Embedded for Eclipse IDE
  Read these topics to learn how to use the product.
  - Getting started with HCL OneTest™ Embedded for Eclipse IDE
    HCL OneTest™ Embedded for Eclipse IDE is designed to integrate into your existing Eclipse-based tool chain. Use this section as a guide to a typical workflow for testing and evaluating your C source code in the Eclipse CDT environment.
  - Importing C projects
    You can either create a new C project with the Eclipse CDT tools or you can import your existing C source files or Eclipse projects into your HCL OneTest™ Embedded workspace.
  - Importing HCL OneTest™ Embedded examples
    HCL OneTest™ Embedded is provided with several sample projects to help you get started.
  - Analyzing source code
  - Coupling Analysis overview
    Coupling Analysis consists of Control Coupling and Data Coupling.
  - Application Profiling
    Application Profiling is gathering the main features that provide profiling information at the application level: the Worst Stack Size feature and the Worst performance (coming soon) feature.
  - Testing software components
    - Component testing overview
      Component testing provides a unique, fully automated, and proven solution for applications written in C/C ++, dramatically increasing test productivity.
    - Test assets overview
      HCL OneTest™ Embedded several types of assets, which each describe different levels of the test environment.
    - Creating test projects
      In HCL® OneTest™ Embedded, projects are similar to C/C++ projects, but contain extra folders and a specific toolchain for component testing and runtime analysis.
    - Test cases
      - Test case structure
        The main objective of a test case is to define the variable checks that will compare the values obtained during the run with the expected values defined in the test case.
      - Variable initial expressions
        The initial expressions are used to assign an initial value to a variable under test. The initial expression for each variable check is displayed in the test case.
      - Variable expected value expressions
        The expected expressions are used to specify a test criteria by comparison with the value of a variable. The test receives a passed verdict when the actual obtained value matches the expected value expression.
      - Creating a test case from the project explorer
        You can create a test case from the project by simply selecting a source file or a function. Each test case focuses on a particular function.
      - Using the test case editor
        Editing test cases
        The test case editor enables you to visually design test cases associated with your source code and to create variable checks.
        Defining series value sets in initialization values
        When a series is defined as the initial expression, the variable check generates one call to the function under test (or iteration) for each step in the series.
        Specifying multiple value sets in initialization values
        When a multiple initialization value is defined, the test generates one call to the function under test (or iteration) for each element in the set.
        Synchronizing multiple values
        In a variable check, when multiple values have been defined for a variable, you can create a synchronized set of values, with the same number of elements, which can be synchronized.
        Defining ranges in expected values
        When a range expected expression is defined, the test checks that the obtained value is within the bounds of the range.
        Defining a synchronized expected value
        When a multiple initialization value is defined, you can specify a synchronized set of expected values. The test checks that for each initialization value element in the multiple set, the obtained result matches the corresponding element in the synchronized expected value set.
        Using values from a data pool
        Data pools contain a series of values, or data patterns, that can be used as initialization or expected values for use in a test case or the data dictionary.
      - Using the data dictionary
      - Creating data pools
        Data pools are links to a CSV file that is either in the file system or in the workspace.
    - Test harnesses
    - Test suites
    - Test configurations
    - Running a test
    - Test scripts files
    - Stubbing functions
  - Application monitoring
    With HCL OneTest™ Embedded for Eclipse IDE you can monitor the global variables of cyclic executive applications.
- Testing with Studio

Using values from a data pool

Data pools contain a series of values, or data patterns, that can be used as initialization or expected values for use in a test case or the data dictionary.

Before you begin

The values contained in the data pool must match the type of the variable that you want to initialize.

About this task

Data pools do not import the data contained in a CSV file. When a CSV file is updated externally, any tests that refer to the data pool will use the data contained in the updated CSV file.

Procedure

To use values from a data pool:

In the test editor, select a Check block to edit the variable checks.
In the Initial Expression column of one variable, click the menu button () and select Data pool.
In Data pool, select a data pool that is in the project.
Values number indicates the number of rows contained in the CSV table.
In Column, select the column number of the data set that you want to use to initialize the variables and click OK.

Results

The number of iterations displayed in the test case editor is updated to incorporate the number of values of the data pool (or rows in the CSV file).