Title :
An Approach for Specification-based Test Case Generation for Web Services
Author :
Hanna, Samer ; Munro, Malcolm
Author_Institution :
Durham Univ., Durham
Abstract :
Web services applications are built by the integration of many loosely coupled and reusable services using open standards. Testing Web service is important in detecting faults and assessing quality attributes. A difficulty in testing Web services applications is the unavailability of the source code for both the application builder and the broker. This paper propose a solution to this problem by providing a formal, specification-based approach for automatically generating test cases for web services based on the WSDL input messages parts´ XML Schema datatypes. Examples of using this approach are then given in order to give evidence of its usefulness. The role of the application builders and the brokers in using this approach to test Web services is also described.
Keywords :
Web services; XML; fault diagnosis; Web services; XML schema datatypes; fault detection; specification-based test case generation; Application software; Automatic testing; Buildings; Computer science; Contracts; Fault detection; Service oriented architecture; Software testing; Web services; XML; Software testing; WSDL; Web Services; XML Schema;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Systems and Applications, 2007. AICCSA '07. IEEE/ACS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Amman
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1030-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1031-2
DOI :
10.1109/AICCSA.2007.370859