DocumentCode :
1823861
Title :
Testability analysis of a UML class diagram
Author :
Baudry, Benoit ; Traon, Yves Le ; Sunyé, Gerson
Author_Institution :
IRISA, Rennes, France
fYear :
2002
fDate :
2002
Firstpage :
54
Lastpage :
63
Abstract :
Design-for-testability is a very important issue in software engineering. It becomes crucial in the case of OO designs where control flows are generally not hierarchical, but are diffuse and distributed over the whole architecture. We concentrate on detecting, pinpointing and suppressing potential testability weaknesses of a UML class diagram. The attribute significant from design testability is called "class interaction": it appears when potentially concurrent client/supplier relationships between classes exist in the system. These interactions point out parts of the design that need to be improved, driving structural modifications or constraint specifications, to reduce the final testing effort.
Keywords :
diagrams; formal specification; object-oriented programming; program testing; specification languages; UML class diagram; Unified Modeling Language; class interaction; constraint specifications; control flows; design-for-testability; object oriented designs; software engineering; software testing; testability; Collaboration; Computer architecture; Costs; Life testing; Software architecture; Software design; Software engineering; Software testing; System testing; Unified modeling language;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Metrics, 2002. Proceedings. Eighth IEEE Symposium on
ISSN :
1530-1435
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1339-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/METRIC.2002.1011325
Filename :
1011325
Link To Document :
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