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Acceptance Tests

Acceptance tests are nested under individual functional requirements. They specify how to verify that the requirement has been correctly implemented.

Key Points:

Acceptance tests are indented under their parent functional requirement
Each test should be specific and verifiable
Tests can reference defined concepts
Tests should focus on observable behavior
Acceptance tests extend conformance tests. The acceptance tests are implemented according to the ***test reqs*** specification (see below).

Syntax

***functional specs***

- Functional requirement description

  ***acceptance tests***

  - Test criterion 1
  - Test criterion 2
  - Test criterion 3

Example

***functional specs***

- Display "hello, world"

  ***acceptance tests***

  - :App: should exit with status code 0 indicating successful execution.
  - :App: should complete execution in under 1 second.

Syntax
Example