Generating test scripts through application integration

1. An apparatus for generating a test script from a pre-existing test script for testing a graphical user interface (GUI), said system comprising:

a plurality of processors;

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the plurality of processors;

a first parser, stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed on the plurality of processors, a pre-existing test script to identify, using keywords and associated parameters, a first GUI action in a first line of the pre-existing test script;

a second parser, stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed on the plurality of processors, that parses a model associated with the GUI to identify GUI actions and associated elements for the GUI actions in the model;

a matching engine, stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed on the plurality of processors, for identifying a corresponding element for the first GUI action in a second line, following the first line, in the pre-existing test script that match a GUI action and associated element of the GUI actions and associated elements for the GUI actions in the model; and

a generator, stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed on the plurality of processors, for generating a new test script by adding the first GUI action and corresponding element to the pre-existing test script.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein manual test scripts are further parsed using a natural language parser to highlight keywords and associated parameters.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pre-existing script is manually generated.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the matching engine further:

identifies GUI actions that contain keywords and parameters that exist in the pre-existing script;

adds the further identified actions to a candidate list; and

adds the further identified actions to the new test script if they are determined from the candidate list as possible actions.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the further identified action is flagged in the new test script.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the new test script is generated using an empty test script template.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein if no matching GUI elements are found or none of the elements in the list are suitable then the process is halted so that a user can input the appropriate action the script needs to take.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein after a generated test script is produced, any successful decisions from the candidate list or any input that the user was required to solve are added to a global set of ‘keyword <-> element’ pairs for future test script parsing so that the process is refined over time.

9. A computer program product for generating a test script from a pre-existing script, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith and the computer-readable program code configured to perform a method, the method comprising:

parsing a pre-existing test script for a graphical user interface (GUI) to identify, using keywords and associated parameters, a first GUI action in a first line of the pre-existing test script;

parsing a model associated with the GUI to identify GUI actions and associated elements for the GUI actions in the model;

identifying a corresponding element for the first GUI action in a second line, following the first line, in the pre-existing test script that match a GUI action and associated element of the GUI actions and associated elements for the GUI actions in the model;

identifying GUI actions in the pre-existing test script that match GUI actions in the model; and

generating a new test script by adding the first GUI action and corresponding element to the pre-existing test script.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , the method further comprising:

further identifying GUI actions that contain keywords and parameters that exist in the pre-existing script;

adding the further identified actions to a candidate list; and

adding the further identified actions to the new test script if they are determined from the candidate list as possible actions.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 the method further comprising, wherein if no matching GUI elements are found or none of the elements in the list are suitable then the process is halted so that a user can input the appropriate action the script needs to take.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , the method further comprising, wherein after a generated test script is produced, any successful decisions from the candidate list or any input that the user was required to solve are added to a global set of ‘keyword <-> element’ pairs for future test script parsing so that the process is refined over time.