Test dependencies

[Igor Bareev]

Hello all,

I have to clear out one question about test dependencies.

Let's imagine we have tests A, B, C with the following dependencies: C depends on B, and B depends on A.

Execution of the test A takes some time, for ex., 30 seconds. Tests B and C have smaller polling interval, say, 5 seconds.

I faced a strange behavior in HM 3.64 -- when test A was in status "Checking", test B was not executed, but test C was executed.

Please explain how it works.

I need to have tests B and C paused (Waiting for Master - ?) when test A is running. I don't want to add direct dependency on test A in test C.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Igor Bareev on 2003-03-21 08:07 ]</font>

[KS-Soft]

How it works?
E.g. its time to check Test-C:
- Test-C depends on Test-B, so HostMonitor checks how "fresh" is status of Test-B.
- If Test-B was executed XX or more seconds ago (XX specified on Behavior page in the Options dialog), HostMonitor will start Test-B (which in turn can start execution of Test-A)
- If Test-B was executed 0..XX-1 seconds ago, HostMonitor will not perform Test-B again. It will check current status of Test-B and perform Test-C or set WaitForMaster status for Test-C

Regards
Alex