the capability of generating test cases

[Jason]

EA has some capability of handling test cases but it needs a lot of manual work. Is this possible to develop some test cases auto-gen function? thx

[mikewhit]

I agree.

Having a tabular list of test cases is convenient from the position of ticking things off, and it's satisfying to get an idea of coverage that way, but ...

It would assist greatly if these cases could be automatically created in a standard way as long as (say) the Use Case scenarios or other element was annotated in a certain format to expose the information required.

Similarly for unit test cases for classes, at least a skeleton set of test case 'stubs' could be created, prompting the user to fill in and extend (rather like JUnit and MockCreator do).

Being able to operate on test cases as diagram elements linkable to the aspects they test would be helpful, too, making them more visibly part of the model rather than just having the tabular view.

In the EAExample under Messenger-Model Views-Test Model-Unit Test Model-Message there are two Test Case Use Case stereotypes, but opening the Testing view window does not show these under the Unit Test tab, which would have seemed more useful.

Although Test is not an explicit part of the UML, its needs should be catered for in an integrated way, rather just as an add-on list.

</rant>!! (Sorry - hope my comments help !)