9. External Configuration Data
9 External Configuration Data
9.1 General
To avoid hard-coding data values related to the test and/or System Under Test (SUT) in the test suites, the data can instead be specified through configuration files or strings that Common Test reads before the start of a test run. External configuration data makes it possible to change test properties without modifying the test suites using the data. Examples of configuration data follows:
- Addresses to the test plant or other instruments
- User login information
- Names of files needed by the test
- Names of programs to be executed during the test
- Any other variable needed by the test
9.2 Syntax
A configuration file can contain any number of elements of the type:
{CfgVarName,Value}. where
CfgVarName = atom() Value = term(
