Method and system for testing client-server applications

1. A method for testing, comprising:

receiving a command to test a plurality of modules residing on a server, the command including identifications of the modules;

identifying in a database one or more message lists corresponding to the modules, the one or more message lists defining, for the respective modules, at least a request message and an expected response message corresponding to the request message;

retrieving, for the respective modules from the database, definitions of the request message and the expected response message and a plurality of parameters for the request message and the expected response message;

constructing copies of the request message and the expected response message for the respective modules based on the definitions and the parameters;

generating child processes for the respective modules to be tested;

within the child process for each respective module, performing the following steps:

transmitting the constructed copy of the request message to the respective module;

receiving a server response message from the server in response to transmitting the copy of the request message to the respective module; and

comparing, for the respective module, the server response message with the constructed copy of the expected response message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a message list further comprises:

retrieving from the database module names associated with the respective modules; and

retrieving from the database the one or more message lists corresponding to the modules based on the corresponding module names, the one or more message lists including a message identifier and a message name associated with each message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

creating templates for the request message and the expected response message in accordance with the definitions.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the definitions define a message identification field, one or more parameter name fields, and one or more parameter value fields associated with the parameter name fields.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising constructing copies of the request message and the expected response message based, additionally, on the templates.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameters include a parameter name and a parameter value.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing the server response message with the constructed copy of the expected response message further comprises:

matching parameters of the server response message and the constructed copy of the parameters of the expected response message; and

adding a comparison result to a report.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a command to test a plurality of modules residing on a server, the command including identifications of the modules;

identify in a database one or more message lists corresponding to the modules, the one or more message lists defining, for the respective modules, at least a request message and an expected response message corresponding to the request message;

retrieve, for the respective modules from the database, definitions of the request message and the expected response message and a plurality of parameters for the request message and the expected response message;

construct copies of the request message and the expected response message for the respective modules based on the definitions and the parameters; and

generate child processes for the respective modules to be tested;

wherein within the child process for each respective module, the instructions cause the processor to:

transmit the constructed copy of the request message to the respective module;

receive a server response message from the server in response to the transmission of the copy of the request message to the respective module; and

compare, for the respective module, the server response message with the constructed copy of the expected response message.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions for causing the processor to identify a request message further comprise instructions for causing the processor to:

retrieve from the database module names associated with the respective modules; and

retrieve from the database the one or more message lists corresponding to the modules based on the corresponding module names, the one or more message lists including a message identifier and a message name associated with each message.

10. The medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to create templates for the request message and the expected response message in accordance with the definitions.

11. The medium of claim 10 , wherein the definitions define a message identification field, one or more parameter name fields, and one or more parameter value fields associated with the parameter name fields.

12. The medium of claim 10 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to construct copies of the request message and the expected response message based, additionally, on the templates.

13. The medium of claim 8 , wherein the parameters include a parameter name and a parameter value.

14. The medium of claim 8 , where the instructions for causing the processor to compare the server response message with the constructed copy of the expected response message further comprise instructions for causing the processor to:

match parameters of the server response message and the constructed copy of the parameters of the expected response message; and

add a comparison result to a report.