SIST ES 203 790 V1.4.1:2022
(Main)Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS) - The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3 - TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Object-Oriented Features
Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS) - The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3 - TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Object-Oriented Features
The present document defines the support for object-oriented features in TTCN-3. TTCN-3 can be used for the
specification of all types of reactive system tests over a variety of communication ports. Typical areas of application are
protocol testing (including mobile and Internet protocols), service testing (including supplementary services), module
testing, testing of OMG CORBA based platforms, APIs, etc. TTCN-3 is not restricted to conformance testing and can
be used for many other kinds of testing including interoperability, robustness, regression, system and integration testing.
The specification of test suites for physical layer protocols is outside the scope of the present document.
TTCN-3 packages are intended to define additional TTCN-3 concepts, which are not mandatory as concepts in the
TTCN-3 core language, but which are optional as part of a package which is suited for dedicated applications and/or
usages of TTCN-3.
While the design of TTCN-3 package has taken into account the consistency of a combined usage of the core language
with a number of packages, the concrete usages of and guidelines for this package in combination with other packages
is outside the scope of the present document.
Metode za preskušanje in specificiranje (MTS) - 3. različica zapisa preskušanja in krmiljenja preskusov - Razširitev nabora jezikov TTCN-3: objektno orientirane lastnosti
Ta dokument določa podporo za objektno orientirane funkcije jezika TTCN-3. TTCN-3 je mogoče uporabiti za specificiranje vseh vrst reaktivnih sistemskih preskusov v okviru različnih komunikacijskih vrat. Običajna področja uporabe so preskušanje protokolov (vključno z mobilnimi in internetnimi protokoli), preskušanje storitev (vključno z dopolnilnimi storitvami), preskušanje modulov, preskušanje platform na osnovi sistema OMG CORBA, programskih vmesnikov (API) itd. Jezik TTCN-3 ni omejen na preskušanje skladnosti in se lahko uporablja za številne druge vrste preskušanja, vključno s preskušanjem interoperabilnosti, robustnosti, regresije, sistema in integracije. Specificiranje preskuševalnih nizov za protokole fizične plasti ne spada na področje uporabe tega dokumenta. Paketi TTCN-3 so namenjeni določitvi dodatnih pojmov TTCN-3, ki niso obvezni kot pojmi v jedrnem jeziku TTCN-3, ampak so izbirni kot del paketa, ki je primeren za namenske aplikacije in/ali načine uporabe jezika TTCN-3. Zasnova paketa TTCN-3 upošteva skladnost kombinirane uporabe jedrnega jezika z več paketi, vendar pa dejanske uporabe tega paketa in smernice zanj v kombinaciji z drugimi paketi ne spadajo na področje uporabe tega dokumenta.
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ETSI ES 203 790 V1.4.1 (2022-04)
ETSI STANDARD
Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS);
The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3;
TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Object-Oriented Features
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RES/MTS-203790v141
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 6
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 7
4 Package conformance and compatibility . 7
5 Package Concepts for the Core Language . 8
5.0 General . 8
5.1 Classes and Objects . 8
5.1.0 General . 8
5.1.1 Classes . 8
5.1.1.0 General . 8
5.1.1.1 Scope rules . 10
5.1.1.2 Abstract classes . 11
5.1.1.3 External classes . 11
5.1.1.4 Final Classes . 12
5.1.1.5 Constructors . 12
5.1.1.6 Constructor invocation . 14
5.1.1.7 Destructors . 14
5.1.1.8 Methods . 15
5.1.1.9 Method invocation . 15
5.1.1.10 Visibility . 15
5.1.1.11 Built-in classes . 16
5.1.1.12 Properties . 17
5.1.2 Objects . 19
5.1.2.0 General . 19
5.1.2.1 Ownership . 19
5.1.2.2 Object References . 19
5.1.2.3 Null reference . 19
5.1.2.4 Select class-statement. 20
5.1.2.5 Of-operator (Dynamic Class Discrimination) . 20
5.1.2.6 Casting . 20
5.1.2.7 Comparison . 21
5.1.2.8 Object Templates . 21
5.1.3 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 7.1.8 (Presence checking operators) . 22
5.2 Exception handling . 23
5.2.0 General . 23
5.2.1 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.0 (Functions) . 24
5.2.2 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.3 (External Functions) . 24
5.2.3 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.4 (Invoking functions from specific places). 25
5.2.4 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.2 (Altsteps). 25
5.2.5 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.3 (Test cases) . 25
5.2.6 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 18 (Overview of program statements and operations) . 26
5.2.7 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 19 (Basic program statements) . 27
6 TRI Extensions for the Package . 31
6.1 Extensions to clause 5.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Data interface. 31
6.2 Extensions to clause 5.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Miscellaneous operations . 31
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TM
6.3 Extensions to clause 6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Java language mapping . 33
6.4 Extensions to clause 7 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 ANSI C language mapping . 35
6.5 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C++ language mapping. 35
6.6 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C# language mapping . 36
7 TCI Extensions for the Package . 37
7.1 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 data types and values . 37
7.2 Extensions to clause 7.2.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 data types and values . 37
7.3 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.2.0 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Basic rules . 38
7.4 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 values . 39
7.5 Extensions to clause 7.3.4.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TCI-TL provided . 40
TM
7.6 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Java language mapping . 44
7.7 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 ANSI C language mapping . 46
7.8 Extensions to clause 10 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 C++ language mapping . 48
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7.9 Extensions to clause 11 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 W3C XML mapping . 50
7.10 Extensions to clause 12 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 C# language mapping . 52
8 XTRI Extensions for the Package (optional) . 55
8.1 Changes to clause 5.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Miscellaneous operations . 55
TM
8.2 Extensions to clause 6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Java language mapping . 56
8.3 Extensions to clause 7 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 ANSI C language mapping . 57
8.4 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C++ language mapping. 57
8.5 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C# language mapping . 58
Annex A (normative): BNF and static semantics . 59
A.1 Extensions to TTCN-3 terminals . 59
A.2 Modified TTCN-3 syntax BNF productions . 60
A.3 Additional TTCN-3 syntax BNF productions . 61
Annex B (normative): Standard Collections. 63
B.1 The TTCN3_standard_collections module. 63
B.1.0 General . 63
B.1.1 The Collection class . 64
B.1.2 The List class . 64
B.1.3 The LinkedList class . 64
B.1.4 The Queue class . 65
B.1.5 The PriorityQueue class . 65
B.1.6 The Stack class . 66
B.1.7 The RingBuffer class . 66
B.1.8 The HashMap class . 67
B.1.9 The Set class . 68
B.1.10 The Exception class . 68
B.1.11 The Iterator class . 68
History . 69
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Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Methods for Testing and Specification
(MTS).
The use of underline (additional text) and strike through (deleted text) highlights the differences between base
document and extended documents.
The present document relates to the multi-part standard ETSI ES 201 873 covering the Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3, as identified in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1].
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
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"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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1 Scope
The present document defines the support for object-oriented features in TTCN-3. TTCN-3 can be used for the
specification of all types of reactive system tests over a variety of communication ports. Typical areas of application are
protocol testing (including mobile and Internet protocols), service testing (including supplementary services), module
testing, testing of OMG CORBA based platforms, APIs, etc. TTCN-3 is not restricted to conformance testing and can
be used for many other kinds of testing including interoperability, robustness, regression, system and integration testing.
The specification of test suites for physical layer protocols is outside the scope of the present document.
TTCN-3 packages are intended to define additional TTCN-3 concepts, which are not mandatory as concepts in the
TTCN-3 core language, but which are optional as part of a package which is suited for dedicated applications and/or
usages of TTCN-3.
While the design of TTCN-3 package has taken into account the consistency of a combined usage of the core language
with a number of packages, the concrete usages of and guidelines for this package in combination with other packages
is outside the scope of the present document.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference/.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI ES 201 873-1: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 1: TTCN-3 Core Language".
[2] ETSI ES 201 873-4: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 4: TTCN-3 Operational Semantics".
[3] ETSI ES 201 873-5: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 5: TTCN-3 Runtime Interface (TRI)".
[4] ETSI ES 201 873-6: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 201 873-7: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 7: Using ASN.1 with TTCN-3".
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[i.2] ETSI ES 201 873-8: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 8: The IDL to TTCN-3 Mapping".
[i.3] ETSI ES 201 873-9: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 9: Using XML schema with TTCN-3".
[i.4] ETSI ES 201 873-10: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; Part 10: TTCN-3 Documentation Comment Specification".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2], ETSI
ES 201 873-5 [3] and ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] apply.
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2],
ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3] and ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] apply.
4 Package conformance and compatibility
The package presented in the present document is identified by the package tag:
"TTCN-3:2018 Object-Oriented features" - to be used with modules complying with the present document.
For an implementation claiming to conform to this package version, all features specified in the present document shall
be implemented consistently with the requirements given in the present document and in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1] and
ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2].
The package presented in the present document is compatible to:
• ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], version 4.10.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2], version 4.6.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3], version 4.8.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4], version 4.9.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-7 [i.1];
• ETSI ES 201 873-8 [i.2];
• ETSI ES 201 873-9 [i.3];
• ETSI ES 201 873-10 [i.4].
If later versions of those parts are available and should be used instead, the compatibility to the package presented in the
present document has to be checked individually.
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5 Package Concepts for the Core Language
5.0 General
This package defines object-oriented features for TTCN-3, i.e. it extends the TTCN-3 core language (ETSI
ES 201 873-1 [1]) with well-known concepts from object-oriented programming and modelling languages. This
package realizes the following concepts:
• classes (i.e. class definition, scope rules, abstract and external classes, refinement, constructors, destructors,
methods, visibility, and built-in classes);
• objects (i.e. ownership, object references, select class-statement, dynamic class discrimination and casting);
and
• exception handling (i.e. ability to define exception handling for functions, external functions, altsteps and test
cases).
5.1 Classes and Objects
5.1.0 General
This clause introduces the concepts of class types and their values, called objects as well as the operations allowed to be
applied to these objects.
5.1.1 Classes
5.1.1.0 General
Syntactical Structure
[public | private]
type [external] class [@final |@abstract | @trait]
Identifier [extends ClassType {"," Identifier}]
[runsOnSpec] [systemSpec] [mtcSpec]
"{" {ClassMember} "}"
[finally StatementBlock]
Semantic Description
A class is a type where the values are called objects. A class can declare fields (variables, constants, templates, timers,
classes), methods and properties as its members. Each member name inside the class shall be unique, there is no
overloading. The private and protected fields and methods are only accessible by the methods of the class, while the
public members of the class can be accessed also from behaviour not defined in the class. The private members of the
class can be accessed directly only by members of the class itself. All members which are neither private nor public are
protected and can also be accessed by members of subclasses.
All fields may be declared without initializer, even const and template fields.
A class can be declared with the @trait modifier. Such a class is called a trait class. Other classes are called normal
classes. A trait class is an abstract class and can not be instantiated. It also shall only declare methods without function
bodies as members and no constructor.
A normal class can extend at most one other normal class and also any number of trait classes. The extended normal
class is called the superclass, the extended trait classes are called the supertraits, while the extending class is called the
subclass of all the classes it extends. Trait classes can only extend trait classes but not normal classes. The resulting type
of a class definition is the set of object instances of the class itself and all instances of its direct or indirect subclasses. A
subclass is a subtype of its direct and indirect superclasses and supertraits and its object instances are type compatible
with them. If a class does not explicitly extend another class type, it implicitly extends the root class type object.
Thus, all classes are directly or indirectly extensions of the object class.
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A class inherits all members of its superclass and its supertraits that it does not override in its own class body. A non-
private non-abstract member from the superclass can always be accessed inside the class body by using the dotted
notation on the keyword super. Non overridden non-private members can be accessed without any dotted notation
before the member name.
A class can have optional runs on, mtc and system clauses. This res
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Reference
RES/MTS-203790v141
Keywords
language, TTCN-3
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 6
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 7
4 Package conformance and compatibility . 7
5 Package Concepts for the Core Language . 8
5.0 General . 8
5.1 Classes and Objects . 8
5.1.0 General . 8
5.1.1 Classes . 8
5.1.1.0 General . 8
5.1.1.1 Scope rules . 10
5.1.1.2 Abstract classes . 11
5.1.1.3 External classes . 11
5.1.1.4 Final Classes . 12
5.1.1.5 Constructors . 12
5.1.1.6 Constructor invocation . 14
5.1.1.7 Destructors . 14
5.1.1.8 Methods . 15
5.1.1.9 Method invocation . 15
5.1.1.10 Visibility . 15
5.1.1.11 Built-in classes . 16
5.1.1.12 Properties . 17
5.1.2 Objects . 19
5.1.2.0 General . 19
5.1.2.1 Ownership . 19
5.1.2.2 Object References . 19
5.1.2.3 Null reference . 19
5.1.2.4 Select class-statement. 20
5.1.2.5 Of-operator (Dynamic Class Discrimination) . 20
5.1.2.6 Casting . 20
5.1.2.7 Comparison . 21
5.1.2.8 Object Templates . 21
5.1.3 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 7.1.8 (Presence checking operators) . 22
5.2 Exception handling . 23
5.2.0 General . 23
5.2.1 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.0 (Functions) . 24
5.2.2 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.3 (External Functions) . 24
5.2.3 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.4 (Invoking functions from specific places). 25
5.2.4 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.2 (Altsteps). 25
5.2.5 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.3 (Test cases) . 25
5.2.6 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 18 (Overview of program statements and operations) . 26
5.2.7 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 19 (Basic program statements) . 27
6 TRI Extensions for the Package . 31
6.1 Extensions to clause 5.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Data interface. 31
6.2 Extensions to clause 5.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Miscellaneous operations . 31
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6.3 Extensions to clause 6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Java language mapping . 33
6.4 Extensions to clause 7 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 ANSI C language mapping . 35
6.5 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C++ language mapping. 35
6.6 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C# language mapping . 36
7 TCI Extensions for the Package . 37
7.1 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 data types and values . 37
7.2 Extensions to clause 7.2.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 data types and values . 37
7.3 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.2.0 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Basic rules . 38
7.4 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 values . 39
7.5 Extensions to clause 7.3.4.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TCI-TL provided . 40
TM
7.6 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Java language mapping . 44
7.7 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 ANSI C language mapping . 46
7.8 Extensions to clause 10 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 C++ language mapping . 48
®
7.9 Extensions to clause 11 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 W3C XML mapping . 50
7.10 Extensions to clause 12 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 C# language mapping . 52
8 XTRI Extensions for the Package (optional) . 55
8.1 Changes to clause 5.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Miscellaneous operations . 55
TM
8.2 Extensions to clause 6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Java language mapping . 56
8.3 Extensions to clause 7 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 ANSI C language mapping . 57
8.4 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C++ language mapping. 57
8.5 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C# language mapping . 58
Annex A (normative): BNF and static semantics . 59
A.1 Extensions to TTCN-3 terminals . 59
A.2 Modified TTCN-3 syntax BNF productions . 60
A.3 Additional TTCN-3 syntax BNF productions . 61
Annex B (normative): Standard Collections. 63
B.1 The TTCN3_standard_collections module. 63
B.1.0 General . 63
B.1.1 The Collection class . 64
B.1.2 The List class . 64
B.1.3 The LinkedList class . 64
B.1.4 The Queue class . 65
B.1.5 The PriorityQueue class . 65
B.1.6 The Stack class . 66
B.1.7 The RingBuffer class . 66
B.1.8 The HashMap class . 67
B.1.9 The Set class . 68
B.1.10 The Exception class . 68
B.1.11 The Iterator class . 68
History . 69
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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The declarations
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, are publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be
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ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
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Foreword
This final draft ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Methods for Testing and
Specification (MTS), and is now submitted for the ETSI standards Membership Approval Procedure.
The use of underline (additional text) and strike through (deleted text) highlights the differences between base
document and extended documents.
The present document relates to the multi-part standard ETSI ES 201 873 covering the Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3, as identified in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1].
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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1 Scope
The present document defines the support for object-oriented features in TTCN-3. TTCN-3 can be used for the
specification of all types of reactive system tests over a variety of communication ports. Typical areas of application are
protocol testing (including mobile and Internet protocols), service testing (including supplementary services), module
testing, testing of OMG CORBA based platforms, APIs, etc. TTCN-3 is not restricted to conformance testing and can
be used for many other kinds of testing including interoperability, robustness, regression, system and integration testing.
The specification of test suites for physical layer protocols is outside the scope of the present document.
TTCN-3 packages are intended to define additional TTCN-3 concepts, which are not mandatory as concepts in the
TTCN-3 core language, but which are optional as part of a package which is suited for dedicated applications and/or
usages of TTCN-3.
While the design of TTCN-3 package has taken into account the consistency of a combined usage of the core language
with a number of packages, the concrete usages of and guidelines for this package in combination with other packages
is outside the scope of the present document.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference/.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI ES 201 873-1: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 1: TTCN-3 Core Language".
[2] ETSI ES 201 873-4: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 4: TTCN-3 Operational Semantics".
[3] ETSI ES 201 873-5: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 5: TTCN-3 Runtime Interface (TRI)".
[4] ETSI ES 201 873-6: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 201 873-7: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 7: Using ASN.1 with TTCN-3".
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[i.2] ETSI ES 201 873-8: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 8: The IDL to TTCN-3 Mapping".
[i.3] ETSI ES 201 873-9: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 9: Using XML schema with TTCN-3".
[i.4] ETSI ES 201 873-10: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; Part 10: TTCN-3 Documentation Comment Specification".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2], ETSI
ES 201 873-5 [3] and ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] apply.
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2],
ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3] and ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] apply.
4 Package conformance and compatibility
The package presented in the present document is identified by the package tag:
"TTCN-3:2018 Object-Oriented features" - to be used with modules complying with the present document.
For an implementation claiming to conform to this package version, all features specified in the present document shall
be implemented consistently with the requirements given in the present document and in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1] and
ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2].
The package presented in the present document is compatible to:
• ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], version 4.10.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2], version 4.6.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3], version 4.8.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4], version 4.9.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-7 [i.1];
• ETSI ES 201 873-8 [i.2];
• ETSI ES 201 873-9 [i.3];
• ETSI ES 201 873-10 [i.4].
If later versions of those parts are available and should be used instead, the compatibility to the package presented in the
present document has to be checked individually.
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5 Package Concepts for the Core Language
5.0 General
This package defines object-oriented features for TTCN-3, i.e. it extends the TTCN-3 core language (ETSI
ES 201 873-1 [1]) with well-known concepts from object-oriented programming and modelling languages. This
package realizes the following concepts:
• classes (i.e. class definition, scope rules, abstract and external classes, refinement, constructors, destructors,
methods, visibility, and built-in classes);
• objects (i.e. ownership, object references, select class-statement, dynamic class discrimination and casting);
and
• exception handling (i.e. ability to define exception handling for functions, external functions, altsteps and test
cases).
5.1 Classes and Objects
5.1.0 General
This clause introduces the concepts of class types and their values, called objects as well as the operations allowed to be
applied to these objects.
5.1.1 Classes
5.1.1.0 General
Syntactical Structure
[public | private]
type [external] class [@final |@abstract | @trait]
Identifier [extends ClassType {"," Identifier}]
[runsOnSpec] [systemSpec] [mtcSpec]
"{" {ClassMember} "}"
[finally StatementBlock]
Semantic Description
A class is a type where the values are called objects. A class can declare fields (variables, constants, templates, timers,
classes), methods and properties as its members. Each member name inside the class shall be unique, there is no
overloading. The private and protected fields and methods are only accessible by the methods of the class, while the
public members of the class can be accessed also from behaviour not defined in the class. The private members of the
class can be accessed directly only by members of the class itself. All members which are neither private nor public are
protected and can also be accessed by members of subclasses.
All fields may be declared without initializer, even const and template fields.
A class can be declared with the @trait modifier. Such a class is called a trait class. Other classes are called normal
classes. A trait class is an abstract class and can not be instantiated. It also shall only declare methods without function
bodies as members and no constructor.
A normal class can extend at most one other normal class and also any number of trait classes. The extended normal
class is called the superclass, the extended trait classes are called the supertraits, while the extending class is called the
subclass of all the classes it extends. Trait classes can only extend trait classes but not normal classes. The resulting type
of a class definition is the set of object instances of the class itself and all instances of its direct or indirect subclasses. A
subclass is a subtype of its direct and indirect superclasses and supertraits and its object instances are type compatible
with them. If a class does not explicitly extend another class type, it implicitly extends the root class type object.
Thus, all classes are directly or indirectly extensions of the object class.
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A class inherits all members of its superclass and its supertraits that it does not override in its own class body. A non-
private non-abstract member from the superclass can always be accessed inside the class body by using the dotted
notation on the keyword super. Non overridden non-private members can be accessed without any dotted notation
before the member name.
A class can have optional runs on, mtc and system clauses. This restricts the type of compon
...
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST ES 203 790 V1.4.1:2022
01-junij-2022
Metode za preskušanje in specificiranje (MTS) - 3. različica zapisa preskušanja in
krmiljenja preskusov - Razširitev nabora jezikov TTCN-3: objektno orientirane
lastnosti
Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS) - The Testing and Test Control Notation
version 3 - TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Object-Oriented Features
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI ES 203 790 V1.4.1 (2022-04)
ICS:
35.060 Jeziki, ki se uporabljajo v Languages used in
informacijski tehniki in information technology
tehnologiji
SIST ES 203 790 V1.4.1:2022 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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ETSI STANDARD
Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS);
The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3;
TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Object-Oriented Features
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Reference
RES/MTS-203790v141
Keywords
language, TTCN-3
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 6
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 7
4 Package conformance and compatibility . 7
5 Package Concepts for the Core Language . 8
5.0 General . 8
5.1 Classes and Objects . 8
5.1.0 General . 8
5.1.1 Classes . 8
5.1.1.0 General . 8
5.1.1.1 Scope rules . 10
5.1.1.2 Abstract classes . 11
5.1.1.3 External classes . 11
5.1.1.4 Final Classes . 12
5.1.1.5 Constructors . 12
5.1.1.6 Constructor invocation . 14
5.1.1.7 Destructors . 14
5.1.1.8 Methods . 15
5.1.1.9 Method invocation . 15
5.1.1.10 Visibility . 15
5.1.1.11 Built-in classes . 16
5.1.1.12 Properties . 17
5.1.2 Objects . 19
5.1.2.0 General . 19
5.1.2.1 Ownership . 19
5.1.2.2 Object References . 19
5.1.2.3 Null reference . 19
5.1.2.4 Select class-statement. 20
5.1.2.5 Of-operator (Dynamic Class Discrimination) . 20
5.1.2.6 Casting . 20
5.1.2.7 Comparison . 21
5.1.2.8 Object Templates . 21
5.1.3 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 7.1.8 (Presence checking operators) . 22
5.2 Exception handling . 23
5.2.0 General . 23
5.2.1 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.0 (Functions) . 24
5.2.2 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.3 (External Functions) . 24
5.2.3 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.1.4 (Invoking functions from specific places). 25
5.2.4 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.2 (Altsteps). 25
5.2.5 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 16.3 (Test cases) . 25
5.2.6 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 18 (Overview of program statements and operations) . 26
5.2.7 Extension to ETSI ES 201 873-1, clause 19 (Basic program statements) . 27
6 TRI Extensions for the Package . 31
6.1 Extensions to clause 5.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Data interface. 31
6.2 Extensions to clause 5.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Miscellaneous operations . 31
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TM
6.3 Extensions to clause 6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Java language mapping . 33
6.4 Extensions to clause 7 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 ANSI C language mapping . 35
6.5 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C++ language mapping. 35
6.6 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C# language mapping . 36
7 TCI Extensions for the Package . 37
7.1 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 data types and values . 37
7.2 Extensions to clause 7.2.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 data types and values . 37
7.3 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.2.0 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Basic rules . 38
7.4 Extensions to clause 7.2.2.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TTCN-3 values . 39
7.5 Extensions to clause 7.3.4.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Abstract TCI-TL provided . 40
TM
7.6 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 Java language mapping . 44
7.7 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 ANSI C language mapping . 46
7.8 Extensions to clause 10 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 C++ language mapping . 48
®
7.9 Extensions to clause 11 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 W3C XML mapping . 50
7.10 Extensions to clause 12 of ETSI ES 201 873-6 C# language mapping . 52
8 XTRI Extensions for the Package (optional) . 55
8.1 Changes to clause 5.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Miscellaneous operations . 55
TM
8.2 Extensions to clause 6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 Java language mapping . 56
8.3 Extensions to clause 7 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 ANSI C language mapping . 57
8.4 Extensions to clause 8 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C++ language mapping. 57
8.5 Extensions to clause 9 of ETSI ES 201 873-5 C# language mapping . 58
Annex A (normative): BNF and static semantics . 59
A.1 Extensions to TTCN-3 terminals . 59
A.2 Modified TTCN-3 syntax BNF productions . 60
A.3 Additional TTCN-3 syntax BNF productions . 61
Annex B (normative): Standard Collections. 63
B.1 The TTCN3_standard_collections module. 63
B.1.0 General . 63
B.1.1 The Collection class . 64
B.1.2 The List class . 64
B.1.3 The LinkedList class . 64
B.1.4 The Queue class . 65
B.1.5 The PriorityQueue class . 65
B.1.6 The Stack class . 66
B.1.7 The RingBuffer class . 66
B.1.8 The HashMap class . 67
B.1.9 The Set class . 68
B.1.10 The Exception class . 68
B.1.11 The Iterator class . 68
History . 69
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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The declarations
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, are publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be
found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to
ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI Web server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI Directives including the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation regarding the essentiality of IPRs,
including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become,
essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
DECT™, PLUGTESTS™, UMTS™ and the ETSI logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its
Members. 3GPP™ and LTE™ are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the 3GPP
Organizational Partners. oneM2M™ logo is a trademark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the
®
oneM2M Partners. GSM and the GSM logo are trademarks registered and owned by the GSM Association.
Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Methods for Testing and Specification
(MTS).
The use of underline (additional text) and strike through (deleted text) highlights the differences between base
document and extended documents.
The present document relates to the multi-part standard ETSI ES 201 873 covering the Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3, as identified in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1].
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
ETSI
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1 Scope
The present document defines the support for object-oriented features in TTCN-3. TTCN-3 can be used for the
specification of all types of reactive system tests over a variety of communication ports. Typical areas of application are
protocol testing (including mobile and Internet protocols), service testing (including supplementary services), module
testing, testing of OMG CORBA based platforms, APIs, etc. TTCN-3 is not restricted to conformance testing and can
be used for many other kinds of testing including interoperability, robustness, regression, system and integration testing.
The specification of test suites for physical layer protocols is outside the scope of the present document.
TTCN-3 packages are intended to define additional TTCN-3 concepts, which are not mandatory as concepts in the
TTCN-3 core language, but which are optional as part of a package which is suited for dedicated applications and/or
usages of TTCN-3.
While the design of TTCN-3 package has taken into account the consistency of a combined usage of the core language
with a number of packages, the concrete usages of and guidelines for this package in combination with other packages
is outside the scope of the present document.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference/.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI ES 201 873-1: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 1: TTCN-3 Core Language".
[2] ETSI ES 201 873-4: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 4: TTCN-3 Operational Semantics".
[3] ETSI ES 201 873-5: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 5: TTCN-3 Runtime Interface (TRI)".
[4] ETSI ES 201 873-6: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 201 873-7: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 7: Using ASN.1 with TTCN-3".
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[i.2] ETSI ES 201 873-8: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 8: The IDL to TTCN-3 Mapping".
[i.3] ETSI ES 201 873-9: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 9: Using XML schema with TTCN-3".
[i.4] ETSI ES 201 873-10: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; Part 10: TTCN-3 Documentation Comment Specification".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2], ETSI
ES 201 873-5 [3] and ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] apply.
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2],
ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3] and ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] apply.
4 Package conformance and compatibility
The package presented in the present document is identified by the package tag:
"TTCN-3:2018 Object-Oriented features" - to be used with modules complying with the present document.
For an implementation claiming to conform to this package version, all features specified in the present document shall
be implemented consistently with the requirements given in the present document and in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1] and
ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2].
The package presented in the present document is compatible to:
• ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], version 4.10.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2], version 4.6.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3], version 4.8.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4], version 4.9.1;
• ETSI ES 201 873-7 [i.1];
• ETSI ES 201 873-8 [i.2];
• ETSI ES 201 873-9 [i.3];
• ETSI ES 201 873-10 [i.4].
If later versions of those parts are available and should be used instead, the compatibility to the package presented in the
present document has to be checked individually.
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5 Package Concepts for the Core Language
5.0 General
This package defines object-oriented features for TTCN-3, i.e. it extends the TTCN-3 core language (ETSI
ES 201 873-1 [1]) with well-known concepts from object-oriented programming and modelling languages. This
package realizes the following concepts:
• classes (i.e. class definition, scope rules, abstract and external classes, refinement, constructors, destructors,
methods, visibility, and built-in classes);
• objects (i.e. ownership, object references, select class-statement, dynamic class discrimination and casting);
and
• exception handling (i.e. ability to define exception handling for functions, external functions, altsteps and test
cases).
5.1 Classes and Objects
5.1.0 General
This clause introduces the concepts of class types and their values, called objects as well as the operations allowed to be
applied to these objects.
5.1.1 Classes
5.1.1.0 General
Syntactical Structure
[public | private]
type [external] class [@final |@abstract | @trait]
Identifier [extends ClassType {"," Identifier}]
[runsOnSpec] [systemSpec] [mtcSpec]
"{" {ClassMember} "}"
[finally StatementBlock]
Semantic Description
A class is a type where the values are called objects. A class can declare fields (variables, constants, templates, timers,
classes), methods and properties as its members. Each member name inside the class shall be unique, there is no
overloading. The private and protected fields and methods are only accessible by the methods of the class, while the
public members of the class can be accessed also from behaviour not defined in the class. The private members of the
class can be accessed directly only by members of the class itself. All members which are neither private nor public are
protected and can also be accessed by members of subclasses.
All fields may be declared without initializer, even const and template fields.
A class can be declared with the @trait modifier. Such a class is called a trait class. Other classes are called normal
classes. A trait class is an abstract class and can not be instantiated. It also shall only declare methods without function
bodies as members and no constructor.
A normal class can extend at most one other normal class and also any number of trait classes. The extended normal
class is called the superclass, the extended trait classes are called the supertraits, while the extending class is called the
subclass of all the class
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