The Genero Ghost Client framework

The Genero Ghost Client is a Java framework for building application tests.

If you are developing your scenarios using Genero Business Development Language (BDL), the underlying Java framework is encapsulated and simplified.

If you are developing your tests in Java, knowing a little about its interfaces, classes, and methods outlined here will help you develop tests.

Java infrastructure overview

Figure: Ghost Client testing tool


Image shows Genero Ghost Client launching the GGC to run several test scenarios that can be run with or without GAS.
The Genero Ghost Client infrastructure consists of three components:
Launcher
The Launcher is the Genero Ghost Client Java program which starts a testing session for an application.
SessionManager
The SessionManager is the interface that manages the runtime and the test Scenario.
Scenario
The Scenario is the interface that contains the sequence of tests run during a given session.

The complete details of the packages and classes that make up the Genero Ghost Client can be found in the /doc directory of your GGC package. Please see the help file by launching the /doc/index.html file in your browser.

Developing tests with Ghost Client

When you write tests to be run by the Genero Ghost Client, you need to implement its two main interfaces: the SessionManager and the Scenario. These classes function together to implement the GGC tests. The main classes of the Genero Ghost Client are described in Table 1.
Table 1. Ghost Client interfaces and classes
Class Description

SessionManager

 Instantiates and manages Scenario instances according to incoming VM connections and new runtime launches.
Scenario A Scenario describes the action sequence played during the GhostRunner session to simulate user actions on a Genero application.
  GhostRunner The GhostRunner class is the entry point for test case scenarios. It contains methods for a set of possible actions that an end-user might do on the running application, e.g. set focus on a field, set a value in a field, etc.
Log The Log class implements the logging mechanism used to display errors, warnings, and information as output from the tests.

For more information on developing tests with Genero Ghost Client see Testing with Ghost Client.