OF CALGARY In - Container Testing for Web Portal

The undersigned certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled " In-Container Testing for Web Portal Applications " submitted by Wenliang Xiong in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science. Abstract In order to test interactions between container and components, a mechanism is required to intercept and control all information passed through interfaces before it reaches component code. Such an approach provides developers with a chance to set up testing scenarios by manipulating data sent to component code, and validates component-generated data before it is returned back to the container. This approach is named In-container Testing (ICT). A proof-of-concept tool, namely WIT, was developed to support testing for interactions between JSR168-compatible Portlets and their container built by IBM. WIT allows developers to write automated in-container test cases for web portal applications. Using Aspect technology, the test code is injected into the application code allowing the tests to run in the same environment as the portal application. In this paper, we present the overall testing approach, design & implementation of WIT as well as a usage scenario.