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Alces A Tool for Testing JDF Devices/Workers elk.itn.liu.se/alces

Alces A Tool for Testing JDF Devices/Workers http://elk.itn.liu.se/alces. Claes Buckwalter Linköping University, Sweden Sunday, November 5, 2006 Quebec City, Canada. Alces (Manager). System under test (Worker). JDF/JMF. JDF/JMF. Alces. Alces takes the role of a Manager

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Alces A Tool for Testing JDF Devices/Workers elk.itn.liu.se/alces

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  1. AlcesA Tool for Testing JDF Devices/Workershttp://elk.itn.liu.se/alces Claes BuckwalterLinköping University, SwedenSunday, November 5, 2006 Quebec City, Canada

  2. Alces(Manager) Systemunder test(Worker) JDF/JMF JDF/JMF Alces • Alces takes the role of a Manager • Alces is used to test Workers/Devices, such as a RIP, a printing press, a binding machine, etc.

  3. Testing a Worker • Alces sends JMF/JDF to the Worker • Alces reads JMF/JDF returned by the Worker and uses CheckJDF to verify that the JMF/JDF is valid JMF/JDF JMF/JDF Worker Black box testing Other output(ignored)

  4. Alces • Alces is a Java application that runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux • Alces is CIP4 open source • Alces comes in two flavors: • Interactive Alces — graphical user interface • Automated Alces — command-line interface

  5. Interactive Alces • Graphical user interface (GUI) • Automatic discovery of supported JMF messages • Send automatically generated JMF messages • Send manually edited JMF messages • Submit JDF job tickets and MIME packages • Receives Signal messages (subscriptions) • Receives Acknowledge messages (asynchronous Responses) • CheckJDF validation of all sent and received JMF • Plug-in architecture for adding custom tests • View all messages sent and received • Queue view • Writes an test report (XML) that can be viewed in a web browser

  6. Automated Alces • Command-line interface • Automatically sends all JMF/JDF/MIME files in a specified directory • Receives Signal messages (subscriptions) • Receives Acknowledge messages (asynchronous Responses) • CheckJDF validation of all JMF messages sent and received • Plug-in architecture for adding custom tests • Writes an test report (XML) that can be viewed in a web browser

  7. Demo

  8. Use Cases • Learning and understanding JMF messaging • Troubleshooting • Product testing • Continuous integration testing (Automated Alces) • Product certification

  9. More Information • Project homepage: http://elk.itn.liu.se/alces • Source and binary distributions • Documentation • Current project team • Claes Buckwalter, Linköping University, Sweden • Related papers • A Tool for Testing Compliance with CIP4’s Interoperability Conformance Specifications, DPP2005 Proceedings • Alces—A Tool for Testing JDF Compliance, Printing Future Days Proceedings

  10. Thank you for listening Claes Buckwalterclabu@itn.liu.se

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