A collection of values that provide information about how to run tests on a particular platform.
When a test in a test suite is run, the JavaTest harness gives the script a test environment containing environment variables that are derived from configuration data collected by the configuration editor. See configuration.
Prior to the JavaTest 3.0 harness, the environment variables were read from an environment file. Use of environment files is deprecated, however, the JavaTest harness provides support for those test suites that use environment files. See environment file.