System and method of testing wireless component applications

1. A test harness system for automating functionality testing of wireless component applications, the test harness system comprising:

a computer processor listening and receiving a target application log event;

wherein the computer processor executes a testlet and orders in a queue, comparators received from the testlet;

a timeout timer associated with a comparator of the comparators, and

an event handler validating the target application log event against the comparator.

2. The test harness system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the comparators form a series of comparators.

3. The test harness system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the target application log event comprises:

an identifier uniquely identifying the target application log event; and

a parameter storing expected target application logical flow information describing a current state of the target application.

4. The test harness system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the target application log event further comprises a precondition for determining a precondition log event to occur before the target application log event.

5. The test harness system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the comparator comprises a handler definition associating the comparator with the event handler.

6. The test harness system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the comparator comprises a precondition definition of a precondition log event that has occurred.

7. The test harness system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the comparator comprises a parameter field storing additional information about the target application log event.

8. The test harness system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the additional information in the parameter field is in the form of name-value pairs.

9. The test harness system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the comparator comprises a command definition describing simulated input that the test harness system issues to the target application upon successful validation of the testlet.

10. The test harness system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a test server for managing test suite assignments to the test harness system, the test server including:

a test result log storing results of testlets; and

a repository storing testlets.

11. The test harness system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a logging service of a target application for generating log events when the target application logs information.

12. A method of automating functionality testing of wireless component applications, the method comprising:

listening, in a computer processor, for target application log events;

receiving a target application log event;

receiving a testlet;

ordering in a queue, comparators received from the testlet;

initiating a timeout timer associated with a first comparator of the comparators; and

validating the target application log event against the first comparator.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the validating the target application log event comprises determining if all parameters match information given in the target application log event.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising logging a validation status of the target application log event based upon the results of the validating the target application log event.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:

dequeing a successfully validated comparator; and

adding the successfully validated comparator to a precondition list.

16. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:

resetting the timeout timer for a second comparator; and

validating the log event against the second comparator.

17. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein a plurality of log events are validated asynchronously.

18. A computer-readable memory storing instructions or statements for use in the execution in a computer of a method of automating functionality testing of wireless component applications, the method comprising:

listening for target application log events;

receiving a target application log event;

receiving a testlet;

ordering in a queue, comparators received from the testlet;

initiating a timeout timer associated with a first comparator of the comparators; and

validating the target application log event against the first comparator.