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<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>STF is an advanced test harness for testing Symbian and S60 non-UI components. It is a toolkit designed for test case implementation and test cases execution.</p>
<p>STF provides a framework for implementing test cases in separate test classes, meaning that:</p>
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<li>test cases are implemented to separate test classes. </li>
<li>test class implement a common test class API.</li>
<li>test classes run independently in their own threads. </li>
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<p>STF is not an automatic test case creator, but it does enable you to concentrate on the actual test case implementation.</p>
<p>The benefit of STF is to: “write once, test everywhere”. This means, for example, that test cases made during the development phase can be used in system testing, automatic release testing, and so on.</p>
<p>The ITE Carbide plug-in lets you easily create STF test classes and test cases, as well as configure some of STF's options.</p>
<h3>ATS TestDrop</h3>
<p>STF also contains TestDrop functionality that lets you create test packages of STF projects and send them to the Automatic Test System (ATS) for execution. For more information, see <a href="../concepts/ats.htm">Automatic Test System (ATS)</a>.</p>
<h5>Related concepts</h5>
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<li><a href="../concepts/test_case.htm">Test cases</a></li>
<li><a href="../concepts/test_class.htm">Test classes</a></li>
<li><a href="../concepts/scripts.htm">Test scripts</a></li>
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