Dovetail uses two levels of definition files to specify what exact test cases are to be executed in a given test run or test suite specification.
Test Suite Definition File
This file defines a suite that is comprised of test cases which may be a partial list of all existing test cases. It gives the suite a name that is more convenient for reference.
- compliance_set: test suite name, the example is the test cases used for compliance
- testcase_list: a list of test case referenced to be in the named test suite
Test Case Definition File
- dovetail.ipv6.tc001: name of the test case, comprised of 3 parts, the dovetail project, belongs to which test area, and the serial number
- objective: a brief description of the test case, explains the objective of this test case
- validate: scripts and configurations for the validation of the test case
- type: which method used to validate, support 3 ways: functest/yardstick/shell
- testcase: the input parameter if "type" is one of the upstream testing project(functest/yardstick)
- pre_condition: scripts that should be run before the test
- cmds: how to run the test
- post_condition: scripts that should be run after the test
- sub_testcase_list: use to check if these sub test case passed or not
