Rule Properties Panel
The Rule Properties panel allows you to specify the following rule properties:
- Rule ID
- Header
- Severity
- Author
- Description
To open the Rule Properties panel, choose Rule> Properties.
The Rule Properties panel has two tabs:
- CodeWizard: Determines properties that will be used within Jtest.
- Info: Lets you store general information about the rule.
CodeWizard Tab
The CodeWizard tab allows you to specify the following properties:
- Rule ID: Type the category and rule name in the format
category.name
Jtest will organize your rules according to category, then according to name. For example, you might want to use a Rule ID such as PROJECT1.ABC
- Header: the name assigned to this rule.
- Severity: Choose the severity category in which you want Jtest to classify the rule.
- Jtest classifies rules into groups based on the severity of violating the rule:
- Severe Violation (Level 1)
- Possible Severe Violation (Level 2)
- Violation (Level 3)
- Possible Violation (Level 4)
- Informational (Level 5)
- The Severe Violation category should contain rules whose violation will definitely result in a bug. Each category below Severe Violation should contain rules whose violations have a progressively lower probability of resulting in an error.
Jtest users can suppress rules according to their severity, so it is important to classify each error appropriately (If a violation of this rule will very likely lead to an error, give it a high severity; if you classify a severe rule as Informational, a violation of that rule may be overlooked by a user suppressing Informational violations.)
Note: If you do not specify the rule's severity, it will be categorized as a Violation (the default setting).
Info Tab
The Info tab allows you to specify the following properties:
- Author: Indicates the name of the rule's author.
- Description: Contains a description of this rule. This description will be displayed when you choose View Rule Description in Jtest
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