Architecture framework for software test tool

A software test tool based on source code is an important tool to aid software quality assurance, and under those environments where the test technology and test requirements continuously vary, the software test tool itself should be endowed with extensibility, easy reusability and interoperability. In this paper, the necessity of research on an integrated framework for component-based software test tools is analyzed, based on the analysis of the traditional model of software test tools and the characteristics of such tools. We study the architectural design of such an integrated framework and come up with a reference model for the framework, which is based on components and which can be compatible with CORBA. Moreover, the technology for implementing a dynamic configuration based on different users' requirements is also introduced.