I have ever developed a solution named “TestObject Usage Report”
This solution provides a reverse lookup from TestObject to TestCase. You are supposed to
- create a TestSuite “runAllTestCases” that calls all of your Test Cases
- create a Test Listener that call my Plugin’s API
- you run the TestSuite
- my Plugin monitors test cases calling test objects; records the reference in memory
- finally the plugin prints the information into text files. In there you can find information which test objects are called by which test cases.
I can imagine that the programming technique of “TestObject Usage Report” can generate a reverse lookup from Keyword method to Test Case. That would be a solution for the “How to check reference for my keyword” question.
====
But I am not going to develop it. Because, I am sure, that development would not satisfy people at all. Surely they would expect a list of Test Case names is presented by a very short action on the Keyword Editor: e.g, right click on the keyword method source. They wouldn’t do any more hustle.
====
Practically I do not need this reverse lookup feature. I would just remove (or comment out) the keyword method in question; and run a Test Suite “runAllTestCases” to check. If the test fails, I would know the keyword is used (so I would restore the keyword source). If the test passes, I would know the keyword is not used. This poor method is enough for me.