Appvance Method

Here is a brief explanation of the terminology used in The Appvance Test Methodology

• Use Case – describes the functionality of a test. For instance, a test comparing XML parsing techniques includes two use cases: the first uses the Xerxes DOM parser and the second uses the JAXB XML binding compiler

• Test Case – describes the inputs to an individual test. For instance, for a test comparing service throughput at low and high levels for message payloads, define 2 test cases: the first makes requests to the service using an XML document of 500 bytes and the second sends XML documents of 10,000 bytes

• Test Scenario – the aggregate of all test and use cases to run a complete test

There is, however, an important distinction between this SOA test method and typical software testing.