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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories zUnit
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 13, 2023

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Input / Expected Output terminology is not clear in Test Case Editor

The headlines for Input and Expected Output is confusing in the test case editor for database calls and sub program calls. 

The phrasing is seen from the calling program (Program under test). An “input” is input to the calling program (PROGRAMA) , and not input to the sub program (PROGRAMB). The usual way of describing this for most COBOL developers will be that the parameter that PROGRAMA provides to PROGRAMB is the Input to PROGRAMB, and the data being returned to PROGRAMA is the output from PROGRAMB. 

Also the the first column in the editor is the “Input” which is the data returned from PROGRAMB, whereas the data we expect PROGRAMA to provide as input to PROGRAMB is the second column. As a result, the reading order is opposite of the timing of the call, as first we validate the second column (Expected Output), then we a providing the data from Input column as the data returned from the stubbed version of PROGRAMB.

 The column heading makes sense for the input and the expected output from the module under test (PROGRAMA)– alas the column heading is fine for PROCEDURE DIVISION.

 One suggestion could be to have multiple panes/tabs. One for the input/output to the module under test, and another for the stubbed data to modules/data called from the module under test.

Idea priority Medium

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