The Discoverer is the module in charge of parsing the TBTAF metadata embedded on source code (both test and production) and communicate the discovered data to the TBTAF Orchestrator.

• Inputs:

  1. String specifying the directory where the tests are contained or the complete filepath to a single test.

• Outputs:

  • A collection of TBTestCase instances with their corresponding TBMetatadata instances of describing the metadata being discovered on the source code of each test within the provided location.
    • Any file which matches the following criteria will be ignored:
      • It contains no metadata or contains badly formed metadata.
      • It doesn't include a required field or the field is empty (i.e. <Tags></Tags> or <TestID></TestID>).

• Exceptions:

  1. If the provided location is either null or inaccessible then a DataValue Exception will be thrown.

• Inputs:

  1. String specifying the directory where specific production source code files are contained or the complete filepath to a single file.

• Outputs:

  • A collection of TBMetadata instances describing the metadata being discovered on the source code of each test within the provided locations.
    • Any file which matches the following criteria will be ignored:
      • It contains no metadata or contains badly formed metadata.
      • It doesn't include a required field or the field is empty (i.e. <Tags></Tags>).

• Exceptions:

  1. If the provided locations are either null or non-existent then a DataValue Exception will be thrown.

At the top of the file, within a mutli-line comment region, this must be inserted

<TBTAF>
<TestID>XXXX</TestID>
<Tags>Tag1,Tag2,etc</Tags>
<Priority>[1-5]</Priority> (Optional)
<Description>Description of my test</Description> (Optional)
</TBTAF>

At the top of the file, within a mutli-line comment region, this must be inserted

<TBTAF>
<Tags>Tag1,Tag2,etc</Tags>
</TBTAF>`