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Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Extending the Functional Test perspective
You can use custom code to extend the default functional testing capabilities. You can write custom code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
HCL OneTest™ UI proxy SDK
Extend automated functional testing support for your application's user interface controls.
Proxy development
A challenge in functional testing is the variety of user interface (UI) frameworks that are available (for example, Java™ and HTML) and controls (for example, button and table) that testing must support. UI frameworks differ in architecture and programming models and the controls differ in their inheritance hierarchy, methods, properties data, and user actions.
Extending proxies
HCL OneTest™ UI needs UI control-specific information to perform functional testing operations such as recording, playback, verification points, and data driving. It tries to map the closest proxy if it finds a new control for which it has no proxy.
Mapping proxies to controls
HCL OneTest™ UI identifies each application under test (AUT) control by its class name. Running the testObject.getProperty(".class") method in the test script gives you the class name. The mapping is established through the class names of the respective control and ProxyObject.

Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Testing in the UI Test perspective
  When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use HCL OneTest™ UI to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use HCL OneTest UI to run the tests before you can view the test results.
- Testing in the Functional Test perspective
  When you develop Java, HTML, or Terminal-based applications, you can use HCL OneTest™ UI to create traditional functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use HCL OneTest UI to run the tests before you can view the test results.
- Extending the UI Test perspective with custom code
  You can use custom code to extend the default Web UI testing capabilities. You can write custom Java™ code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Extending the Functional Test perspective
  You can use custom code to extend the default functional testing capabilities. You can write custom code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
  - HCL OneTest™ UI proxy SDK
    Extend automated functional testing support for your application's user interface controls.
    - Introduction to proxy SDK
      With HCL OneTest™ UI proxy software development kit (SDK) you can extend automated functional testing support for your application's user interface controls (GUI test objects), beyond what is provided by HCL OneTest UI by default. The proxy SDK provides detailed documentation, API references and ready-to-use samples and tutorials on how to extend HCL OneTest UI to add support for testing new controls. It also helps you to extend already supported controls from the existing domains. You can develop proxies manually or by using the proxy wizards driven approach.
    - HCL OneTest™ UI architecture
      HCL OneTest™ UI can be extended to perform additional functions for which it needs to communicate with the application under test (AUT). To do that HCL OneTest UI first establishes a communication channel to the AUT which is called enablement.
    - Proxy development
      A challenge in functional testing is the variety of user interface (UI) frameworks that are available (for example, Java™ and HTML) and controls (for example, button and table) that testing must support. UI frameworks differ in architecture and programming models and the controls differ in their inheritance hierarchy, methods, properties data, and user actions.
      - Understanding proxies
        A proxy object implements the prescribed HCL OneTest™ UI interface for a UI control in the application under test (AUT). When you enable your application for testing, the proxy classes are loaded into the application and become part of it. A proxy object wraps around the actual control (the native object) in your application, making it testable in HCL OneTest UI. It is a connection point between the TestObject and the real control (object) being tested at the AUT.
      - Proxy development environment
        HCL OneTest™ UI proxies can be developed either in Java™ or C# programming languages based on the UI framework of the application under test (AUT).
      - Setting up proxy projects
        ProxyObjects are deployed as either JAR files which are proxies written in Java™, or as Assembly DLLs which are proxies written in C#, along with customization file with the .rftcust extension.
      - Current level of proxy support that HCL OneTest™ UI provides
        To develop proxies for a control, you must understand the current level of support that HCL OneTest™ UI provides for that control . Consider that you want to add testing support for the Java™ swing UI control, javax.swing.JFormattedTextField.
      - Extending proxies
        HCL OneTest™ UI needs UI control-specific information to perform functional testing operations such as recording, playback, verification points, and data driving. It tries to map the closest proxy if it finds a new control for which it has no proxy.
        Creating a proxy class
        You can write a ProxyObject class either in Java™ or C#, depending on which control you are developing the proxy for. Creating a new ProxyObject class is similar to creating a new Java or C# class extending the respective base ProxyObject class.
        Adding more control properties
        HCL OneTest™ UI provides a set of control properties for access and property verification. You can add more control properties by extending the getProperties() and getProperty() APIs.
        Adding more data types for a control
        HCL OneTest™ UI provides a set of control data types for data verification point. You can add more control data types by extending the getTestDataTypes() and getTestData() APIs.
        Enhancing the recording behavior
        You can enhance the recording behavior for a user action on a control by extending the processMouseEvent() API. HCL OneTest™ UI framework calls the processMouseEvent() API when a mouse event happens on a control. The processMouseEvent() API tells the HCL OneTest UI framework which method has to be recorded for the mouse action.
        Enhancing the recording behavior with SubItems
        SubItems are HCL OneTest™ UI defined portions of a control under test. In some cases, you get best results by recording the user interaction with SubItem details rather than recording just with the coordinate information. The disadvantage of using the coordinate information is that when portions of a control are resized or rearranged, playing back the user actions might not return the same results.
        Extending data driving
        You must implement the GetDataDrivableCommand() method in the proxy to add data driving support to a control. This method returns a method specification to implement data driving support for a control. While using the data driving wizard, the method specification that GetDataDrivableCommand() returns is sent to the test script. Proxies can override and return any method that you specify for data driving.
        Changing the role of a control
        The role of a control determines which icon is displayed in the Object Map for a TestObject. You can do this by extending the getRole() method and returning one of the HCL OneTest™ UI predefined role values.
        Modifying the recognition properties and weight of a control
        HCL OneTest™ UI uses recognition properties to uniquely identify a control. Various recognition properties are assigned different weights for recognition analysis. HCL OneTest UI uses these values and weights to identify a control during playback. You can customize the recognition properties and the weights that best suit the controls you are testing.
        Changing the mappability of a control
        There are certain types of controls in applications under test (AUT) that do not need to be exposed as a TestObject. For example, container controls have no useful testing value and are not exposed. HCL OneTest™ UI needs these container controls to run certain methods to retrieve information about their children.
        Mapping proxies to controls
        HCL OneTest™ UI identifies each application under test (AUT) control by its class name. Running the testObject.getProperty(".class") method in the test script gives you the class name. The mapping is established through the class names of the respective control and ProxyObject.
        Customization file
        You can specify extensible components such as proxies, TestObjects, values, and value managers in an external customization file with the .rftcust extension. After the files are deployed, these extended components become part of the HCL OneTest™ UI framework. The main customization file, rational_ft.rftcust is located in the HCL OneTest UI installation directory or the customization directory.
        Deploying a proxy
        After you have developed the proxy binary and customization files, you must deploy them for the changes to take effect.
        Debugging the proxy code
        Debugging the proxy code is an essential part of the proxy development process for problem determination. The proxy code containing the JAR file or .Net assembly file with the .dll extension is loaded into the application under test (AUT) process. To debug the proxy code, attach the respective debugger to the AUT process after the proxy binary files are loaded into the AUT.
      - Extending proxies for Flex custom controls
      - Developing proxies using the Proxy SDK wizard
        HCL OneTest™ UI proxy SDK supports wizard driven development of proxies. Proxy development life cycle stages such as creating a proxy project, creating a proxy class, exporting the proxy packages and deploying these proxies is done using the proxy wizards.
    - TestObjects
      TestObjects are the script-side interfaces for proxies and application under test (AUT) controls. A TestObject is a connection point between the test script and a ProxyObject that connects to the real object in the AUT. During recording, statements are recorded and objects are added to the Object Map. The script uses the information from the Object Map to construct and find TestObjects.
    - ProxyObject hierarchy
      While developing new proxies by extending existing proxies for any domain, it is important to understand the existing proxies and the hierarchies, so that you extend the right proxy.
    - TestObject class diagram and canonical names
      HCL OneTest™ UI has a predefined set of TestObjects that are hierarchically grouped and each TestObject has a set of predefined methods.
    - SubItems
      SubItems are part of TestObjects. The ObjectMap does not contain the SubItems, because they are not mapped.
    - Value classes and value managers
      The following code examples show several value classes and value managers.
    - TestData types
      The HCL OneTest™ UI framework calls the getTestDataTypes() and getTestData(String) proxy methods for extracting data from controls for verification and reference. These methods are used during the creation and play back of data verification points. You can override the getTestDataTypes() method to add more specific data types for a control.
    - Proxy exceptions
      HCL OneTest™ UI has a set of predefined exceptions that covers wide ranges of errors that are usually expected while functional testing. These exceptions are available for both the Java™ and .NET proxy development frameworks.
    - Proxy development best practices
      Following best practices while you develop proxies can help make your work more efficient and effective. Consider these methods to enhance your development efforts.
  - Customizing a script template
    HCL OneTest™ UI uses its default script templates to format and provide basic information when you create a script. You can customize the information and format by customizing the script templates.
  - Using the API to edit functional test scripts
    These topics describe how you can take advantage of the HCL OneTest™ UI application programming interface (API) or the scripting framework to make changes to functional test scripts. As a general rule, the modifications that you make with the scripting SDK, should emulate as closely as possible, the user interactions to test with the application-under-test.
- Extending the functionality in the Visual Studio IDE
  These topics describe various ways that you can customize HCL OneTest™ UI or use the application programming interface (API) to extend HCL OneTest UI functionality.
- Experimental Features
  HCL OneTest™ UI contains a set of pre-releases that enable you to test various experimental features. These experimental features, while still in progress, are introduced early in the release to seek your feedback on its overall functionality and performance. You can play around with these capabilities before they are made available and supported as a general feature in an upcoming release.

Mapping proxies to controls

HCL OneTest™ UI identifies each application under test (AUT) control by its class name. Running the testObject.getProperty(".class") method in the test script gives you the class name. The mapping is established through the class names of the respective control and ProxyObject.

Before you begin

To map proxies to controls, you must explicitly map newly developed ProxyObjects to a control or group of controls through an external map file called customization files with the .rftcust extension. HCL OneTest™ UI refers these customization files and creates ProxyObject instances for a control as specified in the mapping. You must create your own customization file to specify the mapping information between the ProxyObject and the control. You can deploy the newly created customization file by saving it in the HCL OneTest™ UI customization directory.

About this task

To map a proxy class to an AUT control class, add the ClassName and UsedBy tags within the DomainImplementation start and end tags.

Note: You must add your proxy class name within the ClassName tag and the name of the AUT class that the proxy represents within the UsedBy tag.

Example

This customization file, for example, shows a mapping entry:

<DomainImplementation L=".DomainImplementation">
<Name>Java</Name>
<ClassName>com.rational.test.ft.domain.java.awt.JSpinnerProxy</ClassName>
<Replaces/>
<UsedBy>java.awt.JSpinner</UsedBy>
</DomainImplementation>

What to do next

While updating the customization file, make sure that the file meets the following conditions:

Make no typing mistakes while specifying the class. The strings are case sensitive.
Use fully qualified class names. Use the complete class name including the package separated with a period (.).
Match the domain type of the proxy to the section in the customization file by name.
Use an appropriate XML format:
- Nest start and end tags properly.
- Specify names for tags (case is significant).