Domain based testing: increasing test case reuse

Author

Von Mayrhauser, Anneliese ; Mraz, Richard ; Walls, Jeff ; Ocken, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

10-12 Oct 1994

Firstpage

484

Lastpage

491

Abstract

Domain based testing (DBT) is a test generation method based on two concepts from software reuse, domain analysis and domain modeling. We applied DBT to command-based systems where the domain model represents the syntax and semantics of the command language. The domain model drives the generation of test cases. The test generation process consists of three stages: scripting; command template generation; and parameter value selection. Because it is based on ideas from software reuse, DBT also provides a good structure for test case reuse. Production use of the DBT tool Sleuth to generate system tests for an automated robot tape library confirms that DBT provides a wide variety of test case reuse scenarios

Keywords

automatic testing; robots; software reusability; Sleuth; automated robot tape library; command language; command template generation; command-based systems; domain analysis; domain based testing; domain modeling; parameter value selection; scripting; semantics; software reuse; syntax; test case reuse; test generation method; Automatic testing; Command languages; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Logic testing; Production systems; Robotics and automation; Software libraries; Software testing; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1994. ICCD '94. Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6565-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCD.1994.331957

Filename

331957