Cantata Generating and Using External Wrappers

Software can be complex, and many modules can be interlinked. You may often wish to wrap the same call in a similar way in several separate Test Scripts. By generating wrappers in a separate file, those wrappers can then be reused in as many Test Scripts as you require, without duplication of effort. In the long term, this can save a significant amount of time.

Due to this, Cantata provides the mechanism that allows users to generate these wrapper files separately from the test script. This document describes the process of how to do this.The method described here is the ‘traditional’ method for generating wrappers that has been available in the Cantata product for more than 10 years.

Cantata Low Memory Targets

This Technical Note provides information about how Cantata can be used on target platforms with low memory available and some of the features that exist to help testing in a target environment.

Cantata Pointers

Incorrectly passing pointers to functions is one of the most common reasons Cantata tests will crash. Using some simple C assignments in the Cantata Test Script Manager will ensure that Cantata tests will not crash along with the added benefit of testing the inputs and outputs of functions which use pointers. This document is relevant for Cantata 7.1 and earlier.

AdaTEST Licence Usage

This Technical Note provides information on what types of user licensing are available for AdaTEST 95, what the license controls, and how to plan for your licensing requirements.

Cantata Test Driven Development

This Technical Note provides information on using Cantata in Test Driven Development (TDD). A Cantata test script can be created from an entirely blank filename with .c or .cpp extension. However the user interface will only create the very basic test script structure from this. Cantata will have no knowledge of the class/method names and so these would have to be typed into the generated test script template using the CDT code editor.