Granted Patent B2

US 8,291,385 · App. 12/917,414 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A method to test a software program, comprising:

creating an import definition of a static type, associated with the software program, in a language that uses a dynamic type;

providing a reference to the static type via the import definition;

receiving a textual input that is pre-linked to the import definition; and

executing the software program using a created dynamic type to invoke the static type based on the reference and testing the static type.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the invoking comprises:

creating the dynamic type in the language based on the textual input.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the creating the dynamic type includes populating the dynamic type with a predefined test vector.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the testing the static type includes testing the static type without creating an adaptation layer for the static type.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the software program is an 802.16 protocol software program.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the language that uses the dynamic type is a scripting language.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the textual input includes receiving the textual input via a markup language.

8. A test device to test a software program, comprising:

a binder configured to create an import definition of a static type, associated with the software program, in a language that uses a dynamic type, the import definition providing a reference to the static type;

a receiver configured to receive a textual input that is pre-linked to the import definition; and

a processor configured to execute though software program by using a created dynamic type to invoke the static type based on the reference and testing the static type.

9. The test device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a creator configured to create the dynamic type in the language based on the textual input.

10. The test device of claim 9 , wherein the creator is configured to populate the dynamic type with a predefined test vector.

11. The test device of claim 8 , wherein the test device is configured to test the static type without creating an adaptation layer for the static type.

12. The test device of claim 8 , wherein the software program is an 802.16 protocol software program.

13. The test device of claim 8 , wherein the language that uses the dynamic type is a scripting language.

14. The test device of claim 8 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive the textual input via a markup language.

15. A test device to test a software program, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a textual input for testing the software program using at least one static type used by the software program, the textual input being pre-linked to the at least one static type;

a creator configured to create a dynamic type based on the textual input in a dynamically typed language;

a processor configured to execute the software program by using the dynamic type invoking the at least one static type used by the software program; and

a generator configured to create an import definition of the at least one static type used by the software program, the import definition being created in the dynamically typed language and being pre-linked to the textual input.

16. The test device of claim 15 , wherein the generator is a Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG).

17. The test device of claim 15 , wherein the software program is written in a statically typed language.

18. The test device of claim 15 , wherein the software program is a protocol software program.

19. The test device of claim 15 , wherein the protocol software program is an 802.16 protocol software program.

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