ATACOBOL-a COBOL test coverage analysis tool and its applications

Author

Sze, Sam K S ; Lyu, Michael R.

Author_Institution

Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp., China

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

327

Lastpage

335

Abstract

A coverage testing tool ATACOBOL (Automatic Test Analysis for COBOL) that applies a data flow coverage technique is developed for software development on an IBM System/390 mainframe. We show that the data flow coverage criteria can identify possible problematic paths that map to the actual testing semantic required by Y2K compliance software testing. However, the mainframe environment lacks testing tools that equip the data flow coverage measure. Up to the current implementation, ATACOBOL is able to perform block coverage, decision coverage and all-uses measures. We extend the rules of data flow coverage criteria to adapt data structures that modern high-level languages usually employ

Keywords

COBOL; data structures; mainframes; program diagnostics; program testing; software maintenance; ATACOBOL; Automatic Test Analysis for COBOL; COBOL test coverage analysis tool; IBM System/390 mainframe; Y2K compliance software testing; all-uses measures; block coverage; coverage testing tool; data flow coverage criteria; data flow coverage measure; data flow coverage technique; data structures; decision coverage; high-level languages; mainframe environment; problematic paths; software development; testing semantic; testing tools; Application software; Automatic testing; Current measurement; Data structures; Fluid flow measurement; High level languages; Performance evaluation; Programming; Software testing; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Reliability Engineering, 2000. ISSRE 2000. Proceedings. 11th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

ISSN

1071-9458

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0807-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSRE.2000.885883

Filename

885883