1. Gannon University Frank Xu
Abbot Tutorial
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2. Abbot – A Better ’Bot A GUI testing framework for Swing
Works seamlessly with Junit
Uses some Junit 3 features
Can be used to create
Unit tests for GUI components
Functional tests for existing GUI apps
Open source
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3. Goals of the Abbot framework
Reliable reproduction of user input
High-level semantic actions
Scripted control of actions
Loose component bindings
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4. Launch the script editor.
Unzip to a folder called: abbot-1.0.2
Type command: abbot
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5. Create a new script File->New Script For example,
Launch defines a class and method to invoke to launch your GUI. 
Terminate disposes of all GUI components generated by the launch step.
For example,
invoke the main(String[] args) method
in class example.MyCode 
with no arguments,
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6. Save scripts: \abbot-1.0.2\codescripts
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7. Test->Launch 
display the GUI under test.
The example code will display a frame with a variety of sample components.
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8. Record some user actions.
Capture->All Actions (or shift+F2),
perform some user actions in the GUI.
If you haven't already launched the GUI, the editor will launch it for you.
The editor will detect as many high-level semantic events as it can and insert raw mouse motion and button events for what it doesn't recognize.
When you get the GUI to a point that you want to make some tests of its state, press shift+F2 or activate the editor window to suspend recording.
The recording so far will be inserted into the script as a sequence of steps.
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9. All captured activities
Move
Resize
Select tabs
close
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10. Replay: click Run
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11. Add some assertions
Move the mouse over the component in your GUI for which you'd like to add a test and press shift+F1.
That component will be selected in the component browser tree in the bottom half of the script editor.
The hierarchy view presents the full hierarchy of components that have been created.
Once you've selected a component, its associated properties will appear in the pane to the right.
Select a property ("Text" on a JButton, for instance),
Click the Assert equals button to insert an assertion into the test.
Repeat as necessary for other components, or press shift+F2 to continue recording actions.
Note that if a component you'd like to test is within a modal dialog, you'll need to explicitly add a reference withalt+shift+F1 and add the assertion after the dialog has been dismissed.
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12. Add some assertions 1. Shift F1 5. Type assertion 2. hierarchy view
3. Properties
4. Click Assert equals
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13. replay Change expected value to something else.
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14. Homework
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15. Classpath
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16. Another tutorial Abbot_tutorial_2.docx CIS software design and testing
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