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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Categories z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 17, 2022

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Enabling unit testing of deployable load module

We would like to be able to do section and paragraph testing on the load module that we will be using for production.
A unit testing framework like COBOL Check, builds a new COBOL program, that tests the code. But we are actually not certain that the code we are testing, will react in the same way in the unit test, as it will in production, because it is another piece of code.


Therefore, we would like to be able to call distinct COBOL sections and paragraphs in a load module, without running the load module from the beginning.
We will need to be able to set variable content from outside the load module, so we can arrange data for the section we want to test.
We will need to be able to inquire on the content of variables, to enable assertion statements.
To do true unit test, we would need to be able to overload sections and paragraphs, with provided code, to enable us to mock code, that we are not testing, and to enable us to control data coming from SQL calls, CICS calls and file I/O in those sections.


Thank you

Idea priority Low
  • Admin
    Basil Kanneth
    Reply
    |     Jul 20, 2022

    After further discussion we have determined that this Idea is not inline with the strategic direction of the compiler division. Also, based on the Idea description, there currently exists other tools that perform this functionality. As a result, this Idea is being cancelled.

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