PI93095: TESTCONDUCTOR CONTINUES BUILD PROCESS ALSO IN CASE OF WARNINGS AND ERRORS

IBM Rational Rhapsody 8.3.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• TestConductor continues build process also in case of warnings
  and errors when updating TestPackage.
  Since TestConductor is ignoring warnings and errors when
  updating TestPackage, the test application can be built and
  executed, and the test can be successfully passed, although in
  reality not the specified test is executed.
  
  To reproduce this you can create a SD TestCase, in which a
  message from SuT to the TestComponent is modeled, which has a
  wrong name. You will get a warning that will be ignored, like:
  WARNING: 'SD_tc_0': Message 'message_0', received by instance
  line
  'TCon_SuT.itsTestCompStateChart', has been ignored.
  
  For testing of safety critical software this behavior is not
  acceptable, because the tests are not reliable in that case.
  
  In such a situation the build of the test shall be interrupted
  and cancelled.
  A possible solution could be a configurable error and warning
  assessment.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Rhapsody                                                     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * TestConductor continues build process also in case of        *
  * warnings and errors                                          *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• TestConductor behavior is: If there is an error, updating the
  test code is aborted and the test application is not built and
  the test is not executed.
  If there is a warning then test code is updated and the test can
  be built and executed. Providing an option to abort also in case
  of warnings is a feature request.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TLOGIC RHAPSODY

• Fixed component ID

  5724V74RP

Applicable component levels

• R830 PSY

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