TestArchitect Tutorial Part 3: Extending TestArchitect Lesson #10: WPF Extensibility Technical reference

 Workflow

Workflow

This section describes workflow activities of the WPF Extensibility.

1. Loading Extensions, Handlers and Methods:
   • ExtensionLoader loads all Extensions (*.DLL) in the specified location.
   • For each Extension, HandlerManager manages all the handlers of the extension.
   • For each Handler, MethodsStorage:
     • gets all methods of the extension,
     • stores methods in methodCache, and
     • classifies (mapping) type of a request with list of methods. When executing a request, MethodsStorage chooses the best method with the highest support level in this list to execute.
2. Executing a request:
   • MessageHandler receives a request from TAPM and processes that request. Particularly, MessageHandler:
     • creates a request,
     • based on the request, get Method or list of Methods classified when loading extensions,
     • looks for the method with the highest support level, and
     • executes this request in its Handler.