US 6,983,400 B2
Distributed test harness model
Alexei Volkov, Mountain View, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Sun Microsystems Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US)
Filed on May 16, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/147,945.
Prior Publication US 2003/0217308 A1, Nov. 20, 2003
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 714—38 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for remotely testing an application comprising:
providing a harness server;
providing a first harness client that is in communication with the harness server;
providing a test script to the harness server;
executing a first application, wherein the first harness client executes the first application according to the test script and wherein the first application outputs data to a central location, wherein the first harness client and the first application are on a first computer resource and the harness server is on a second computer resource;
monitoring the output data;
controlling the execution of first application according to the output data;
providing a second harness client on a third computer resource, the second harness client being in communication with the harness server;
providing a second application on the third computer resource; and
controlling the second application according to the output data wherein the first application depends on the second application including the first application requires data that is received from central location which received the data from the second application.