Package abbot.script

Provides basic elements for constructing a test script.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Condition	Deprecated Use abbot.util.Condition instead.
Launch.ThreadedLaunchListener
Resolver	Interface to provide a general context in which tests are run.
StepListener	Listener for script step feedback.
UIContext	Provides generic support to set up and tear down a UI context or fixture.
XMLConstants	Attributes used by script steps and component references.
XMLifiable

Class Summary

Class	Description
Action	Encapsulate an action.
Annotation	Provides a method for communicating a message on the display.
AppClassLoader	A custom class loader which installs itself as if it were the application class loader.
AppletSecurityManager	This security manager extends sun.applet.AppletSecurity b/c AppletViewer does some casts that assume that is the only security manager that will be installed.
Appletviewer	Provides applet launch capability.
ArgumentParser	Provide parsing of a String into an array of appropriately typed arguments.
Assert	Encapsulate an assertion (or a wait).
Call	Class for script steps that want to invoke a method on a class.
Comment	Represents a comment.
ComponentReference	Encapsulate as much information as is available to identify a GUI component.
Event	Script step to generate a single AWT event to a component.
EventExceptionHandler
Expression	Provides evaluation of arbitrary Java expressions.
Fixture	Provides a method of defining a single script as the UI application test context for multiple scripts.
ForkedStepRunner	A StepRunner that runs the step in a separate VM.
ForkedStepRunner.SlaveStepRunner	When actually within the separate VM, this is what gets run.
Interpreter	Provides a Groovy interpreter customized for the Costello scripting environment.
Launch	Provides scripted static method invocation.
PropertyCall	Provides support for using property-like methods, including select non-static method access to Components.
Sample	Encapsulate capture of a value.
Script	Provide a structure to encapsulate actions invoked on GUI components and tests performed on those components.
ScriptFilter
Sequence	Script step which groups a sequence of other Steps.
Step	Provides access to one step (line) from a script.
StepEvent
StepRunner	Provides control and tracking of the execution of a step or series of steps.
Terminate	Placeholder step to indicate to a script that it should terminate.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
InvalidScriptException	Exception to indicate the script being parsed is invalid.
NoSuchReferenceException	Exception to indicate a Component reference does not exist.

Error Summary

Error	Description

Package abbot.script Description

Provides basic elements for constructing a test script. A Step is the basic unit of execution. Steps may be grouped into a Sequence. See the documentation for Step for information on extending script features.

Following are some of the basic elements of a Script:

• Invoking Code
  Usually you will have a single Launch step at the beginning of your script to load and activate your GUI under test. See the Launch class for details.
  
• Component Reference
  This entry is not an actual script step, but a representation of an actual component within the GUI. The ComponentReference ID may be used in argument lists where a java.awt.Component would normally be expected. See the ComponentReference class for details.
  
• Action
  This type of step invokes a semantic user action on the GUI, such as a mouse clickk, menu selection, or drag/drop action. Different actions are supported by different GUI components. All actions supported may be found in the APIs for the ComponentTester and its subclasses. See the Action class for details.
  
• Assert
  This type of step tests for a condition in the GUI, such as whether a Component property matches a particular value, or it might invoke a custom test exported by a ComponentTester class. See the Assert class for details.
  
• Wait
  This type of step simply waits for an Assert to become true, with an adjustable timeout and sleep cycle. See Assert.setWait(boolean) for details.