Using the Signature Test Tool

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This chapter provides a synopsis of each of the SigTest tool commands along with their available options and arguments. It contains these sections:

■Signature Test Tool Basics

■Setup Command

■SignatureTest Command

■SetupAndTest Command

■Merge Command

■Report Formats

Also see Appendix A for examples of each SigTest tool command that you can run.

Signature Test Tool Basics

The SigTest tool operates from the command line to generate or manipulate signature files. A signature file is a text representation of the set of public and protected features provided by an API. Test suite developers include it in a finished test suite as a signature reference for comparison to the technology implementation under test. The following list shows the commands that are available.

■Setup - Creates a signature file from either an API defined by a specification or a reference API implementation.

■SignatureTest - Compares the reference API represented in the signature file to the API under test and produces a report. This is the test that becomes part of a finished test suite.

■SetupAndTest - Executes the Setup and SignatureTest commands in one operation.

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