Agile Automation and Unified Funtional Testing



Chapter 11

Dictionary

Test scripts often retrieve information from outside source such as AUT screen and excel files and store them in a variable or array. Alternatively, the data can also be stored in a dictionary object. The dictionary object functions like an associative array and stores value in key-item pairs. Every key has a unique item and no two keys can be same. In case of an array, array data is stored and retrieved using array index; however, in case of dictionary, the value of an item is retrieved using its key. Therefore, in situations where data need to be accessed using a unique name identifier, dictionary object can be used. A dictionary object can contain any data including objects and dictionary objects. ...