Glossary
Here we list the most important terms required for proper understanding of Web Roller operation:
- Function - an elementary building block of
a request parameter. A single parameter
can be built from multiple concatenated functions.
- Parameter - a single <name>=<value>
pair in a test script. There are global
parameters and request parameters. Request
parameters are built from functions.
- Modifier - a value (or a range in the format
[from..to:step]) used to modify a global
parameter of the test script during
the test run.
- Request - a single HTTP
request described in terms of Web Roller. Web
Roller builds the request string from parameters
and sends it to the Web server.
- Test sequence - a linear sequence of requests.
A part of a test script.
- Test script - a set of global test parameters,
requests and test sequences.
Equivalent of a single test script file.
- Test script run - a test
script plus a set of global parameters
altered by modifiers. Equivalent of a single
line in the [runoptions] section of a test
project file.
- Test project - a set of information about
testing automation: which test script files
to run, in which order, and how the global parameters
of a test script are modified during the script
run. Equivalent of a single test project file.
- Test script file - a file with a TST
extension, equivalent of a single test script.
- Test project file - a file with a WPJ
extension, equivalent of a single test project.