Test complete and interrupted paths
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A tested fictional equipment-repair workflow with a transition table, guarded actions, rejected transitions and a trace of two complete cases.
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What to include
- A workflow map with distinct states and events.
- A complete allowed-transition table and a rejection case.
- A guarded verification matrix with accepted and rejected cases.
- An impossible-event test with state preservation.
- Complete, resumed and rejected workflow traces.
- A tested finite workflow model with honest completion boundaries.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- The implementation or declared simulation follows the supplied contract and retains inspectable original inputs.
- Normal, boundary and rejected cases are recorded with expected versus observed results.
- The changed case has a correct explanation and does not rely on hidden state.
- The project includes source, outputs, instructions and honest tool, privacy and verification limits.
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The idea in everyday life
Successful path: triage, start_repair, verify True, close. Interrupted path: triage, start_repair, verify False.
Test a journey as a sequence of events, not only isolated pairs. An interrupted path stays at its last accepted state; a resume must use the current state instead of restarting history.
Test complete and interrupted paths — original worked practice
Test a journey as a sequence of events, not only isolated pairs. An interrupted path stays at its last accepted state; a resume must use the current state instead of restarting history.
Successful path: triage, start_repair, verify True, close. Interrupted path: triage, start_repair, verify False.
1. Step 1
Trace all four accepted steps.
You should see: The complete path ends closed.
This keeps the rule and its observable result together.
2. Step 2
Trace interrupted path until failed verify.
You should see: It remains repair.
This keeps the rule and its observable result together.
3. Step 3
Resume interrupted path with verify True and close.
You should see: It ends tested then closed.
This keeps the rule and its observable result together.
4. Step 4
Keep both sequences and guard observations.
You should see: Complete, resumed and rejected workflow traces.
This keeps the rule and its observable result together.
What to finish
Complete, resumed and rejected workflow traces.
Watch for this
Testing only the full happy path and leaving interrupted work or failed verification unexamined.
How can I tell I understand it?
Explain and demonstrate the required distinction: Test a journey as a sequence of events, not only isolated pairs. An interrupted path stays at its last accepted state; a resume must use the current state instead of restarting history. Show a changed input and the expected result without weakening this contract.
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