COM-based test foundation framework

This paper describes an implementation of the Test Foundation Framework (TFF) that is based upon the Microsoft Component Object Model (COM). The TFF architecture was developed between 1995 and 1998 within the IEEE SCC 20 ABBET (1226) Subcommittee. Several prototypes were created as a part of that effort to prove the technology. The implementation described here is called TFFCom(R) because it is implemented completely as a coordinated set of COM objects.