Extend the test recorder

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A test recorder captures user interactions with an application. These interactions are saved, and a test is generated from these recorded actions.

To create a custom test recorder...

1. Add the Generic Recorder extension point to the Generic Recorder Framework (GRF)
2. Extend the recorder user interface wizard and the four main GRF helper classes

Components include...

• GRF
• GRF helper classes
• functioning recorders
• user interface wizard
• Agent Controller

The GRF is part of the Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP).

The recorder runs on the Agent Controller and produces a recording file.

The Recorder framework in the prior releases required a protocol extension to extend three extension points to provide the following items:

• A main tool bar button to invoke the protocol-specific recorder using...
  org.eclipse.ui.actionSets

• A toolbar button on the Recorder Control view to start the protocol-specific recorder using...
  org.eclipse.ui.viewActions

• The wizard pages to start the protocol-specific recorder using...
  com.ibm.rational.test.lt.core.recordWizardProvider

The GRF unifies the recording experience across all extensions. In the current framework, there is now a single recorder button on the main toolbar as well as the Recorder Control View toolbar. There is also a single entry for the Test From Recoding recorder wizard in the user interface, located in...

File > New Wizard

You use the protocol extension to provide a recorder for this wizard and any associated wizard pages.

To provide a protocol recorder, replace the previously described extension points with the single extension point...

org.eclipse.hyades.test.core.Recorder

This extension point defines a recorder. The recorder attributes that need to be provided in this extension point are as follows:

Attribute	Base class	Purpose
execOptionsProvider	org.eclipse.tptp.test.provisional.recorder.framework.AbstractRecorderExecOptionsProvider	The fully-qualified path of the Recorder class. Provides a list of JARs that must be in the class path.
fileExtension	None.	The extension of the recording file name. Default is recmodel.
ID	None.	A string that is the ID of this recorder.
Name	None.	A string that appears in the user interface to denote the recorder.
recorderAgent	org.eclipse.hyades.execution.recorder.remote.RecorderAgent	Main recorder class that runs on the agent. The same class that is registered from the Exec Options Provider class.
recorderClientHelper	org.eclipse.tptp.test.provisional.recorder.framework.RecorderClientHelperAdapter	Enable the recorder wizard to perform pre-processing and post-processing during recording.
recorderMessageHandlers	org.eclipse.tptp.test.provisional.recorder.messages.AbstractRecorderMessageProvider	Processes the recorder messages.
requiresIntermediateFile	None.	Default is true.
wizardPageProvider	org.eclipse.tptp.test.provisional.recorder.ui.wizards.DefaultRecWizardProvider	Provides a list of wizard pages. Performs the tasks when Finished is clicked.

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