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| The output produced by a test module is one of the major assets the <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> brings to users. In comparison with any |
| kind of manual/assert based solution the <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> provide following services: |
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| <p>All test errors are reported uniformly</p> |
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| The test execution monitor along with standardized output from all included |
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| <p>Detailed information on the source of an error</p> |
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| The <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> test tool's based assertion provides as much information as possible about cause of error, |
| usually allowing you to deduce what is wrong without entering the debugger or core analysis. |
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| Separation of the test errors description (test log) from the results report summary (test results report) |
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| The information produced during test execution, including all error, warning and info messages from the test |
| tools, executed test units notification constitute the test log. By default all entries in the test log are |
| directed to the standard output. Once testing is completed the <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> may produce a summary test report with |
| different levels of detail. The test report is by default directed to the standard error output. |
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| <p>Flexibility in what is shown in the output</p> |
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| The <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> provides the ability to configure what if shown in both the test log and the test report. The |
| configuration is supported both at runtime, during test module invocation and at compile time from within a |
| test module. |
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| <p>Flexibility in how output is formatted</p> |
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| The <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> provides the ability to configure the format of the test module output. At the moment only 2 formats |
| are supported by the <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> itself, the well defined public interface allows you to customize an output for |
| your purposes almost any way you want. |
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