Remote Test Harness is an automated test tool that runs a specified set of tests on multiple packages for clients on server side.

• TestHarness server Implement a Test Harness Program that accepts one or more test requests from multiple clients, then enqueue the requests and handle them serially by multiple threads.The Test Harness will request test drivers and code to test, as cited in a Test Request, from the Repository. Each test driver derives from an ITest interface states a method test( ) which returns the test pass status and a getLog( ) function which returns a string statement of the log. The test harness could support client queries about test requests from the Log storage.

• Repository Repository server stores test driver and the code which will be tested as dynamic link library(DLL). The repository should in cooperation with the Test Harness, store test results and logs for all of the test executions. The repository should support client queries about test results from the Repository storage.

• Client One or more clients could concurrently send test dll files to repository before sending test request to TestHarness server. One or more client(s) will concurrently extract Test Results and logs from repository and display the replies when they arrive. Client activities will be defined by user actions in a Windows Presentation Foundation(WPF) user interface.

  All communication between Test Harness, Repository and clients will be based on message-passing Windows Communication Foundation(WCF) channels.