Topic: Is the White Box Testing purely white ?

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We might be aware of the Definitions for Black Box and White Box kind
of Testing. Testing the application without knowing the code is Black
Box and looking at the code and Testing the same often called as white
box since we have the access to code.

We
are under the impression that, Unit Testing is also white box testing
since we test the code. I would like to differ on the term White Box
since we have access to the code. 

There are many black boxes inside the code that we test

1.
Most of the Code has been built on top of a set of APIs. Do we have
access to that code (Atleast it's true Java / .NET application) ?
2.
Most of the applications do use thirdparty vendors Apps and integrate
the same with public API available. We don't have access to the same
again.

The so called White Box is not really white and it's more of a Code Based Testing.

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sapna Newbie Joined: 23Apr2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Topic: Is the White Box Testing purely white ? Posted: 23Apr2007 at 11:29pm
	We might be aware of the Definitions for Black Box and White Box kind of Testing. Testing the application without knowing the code is Black Box and looking at the code and Testing the same often called as white box since we have the access to code. We are under the impression that, Unit Testing is also white box testing since we test the code. I would like to differ on the term White Box since we have access to the code. There are many black boxes inside the code that we test 1. Most of the Code has been built on top of a set of APIs. Do we have access to that code (Atleast it's true Java / .NET application) ? 2. Most of the applications do use thirdparty vendors Apps and integrate the same with public API available. We don't have access to the same again. The so called White Box is not really white and it's more of a Code Based Testing. Post Resume: Click here to Upload your Resume & Apply for Jobs

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