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Software Testing Automation Framework (STAF)的开发代码

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.* Software Testing Automation Framework (STAF)
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.*  Descriptive Name   : Software Test Automation Framework Overview
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.*     This file contains an overview of STAF.
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:i1.overview
:h1 id=overview.Overview
:p.As its name indicates, STAF is a framework.  It was designed to promote
reuse and extensibility.  It is intended to make software testing easier, and
specifically to make it easier to automate software testing.  This includes
creating automated testcases, managing and automating the test environment,
creating execution harnesses (i.e., applications which schedule and/or execute
work on test systems), etc.
:p.STAF externalizes its capabilities through services.  A service provides
a focused set of functionality, such as, Logging, Process Invocation, etc.
STAFProc is the process that runs on a machine, called a STAF Client, which
accepts requests and routes them to the appropriate service.  These requests
may come from the local machine or from another STAF Client.  Thus, STAF works
in a peer environment, where machines may make requests of services on other
machines.
:p.STAF was designed with the following points in mind.
:ul compact.
:li.Minimum machine requirements - This is both a hardware and a software
statement.
:li.Easily useable
:li.Easily extendable - This means that it should be easy to create other
services to plug into STAF.
:eul.
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:i1.requirements
:h2 id=requirements.Requirements
:h3.Operating System
:p.STAF is supported on the following operating systems
:ul compact.
:li.Windows 95
:li.Windows 98
:li.Windows Millenium Edition
:li.Windows NT Version 4.0
:li.Windows 2000
:li.Windows XP
:li.Windows Server 2003 (IA32, IA64, AMD64)
:li.Windows Vista (IA32, AMD64)
:li.Linux (IA32, IA64, AMD64, PPC64)
:li.Linux on zSeries (31-bit, 64-bit)
:li.AIX 4.3.3.0 and higher (32-bit, 64-bit)
:li.Solaris (Sparc) 2.6 and higher
:li.Solaris AMD Opteron 64-bit
:li.Solaris (x86) 10 and higher
:li.HP-UX 11.00 and higher (PA-RISC, IA64 32-bit and 64-bit)
.*:li.Irix 6.3 (N32) and higher
:li.OS/400 5.2 and higher
:li.z/OS UNIX 1.4 and higher
:li.FreeBSD 4.10, 6.1 and higher
:eul.