A TTCN-3-based Web Service Test Framework

The increased usage of Web services for critical applications introduces a growing need for efficient testing approaches to assure their quality. The Testing and Test Control Notation (TTCN-3) is a standardised testing language that is well suited for black-box testing of distributed systems such as Web services. Also due to its abstract test specification methodology, it allows easy adaptation to different Web service frameworks or platforms. This paper presents a mapping from the Web Service Description Language (WSDL) to TTCN-3 and a corresponding automated translator.