DocumentCode :
2797507
Title :
A Reference Model of Grouped-Metadata Object and a Change Model based on it Appling for Component-based Software Integration Testing
Author :
Liangli, Ma ; Houxiang, Wang ; Yongjie, Li
Author_Institution :
Naval Univ. of Eng., Wuhan
fYear :
2007
fDate :
13-16 May 2007
Firstpage :
32
Lastpage :
39
Abstract :
Component metadata is one of the most effective methods to improve the testability of component-based software. In this paper, we firstly give a formal definition of component, and summarize the basic meanings of component metadata. Based on these, an idea of grouped-metadata object (GMO) is introduced, which is divided into two types, respectively named descriptive metadata and operative metadata. And a general framework of descriptive metadata and operative metadata is further given, which is consisted of several groups. Each group includes several attributes, and their meanings are described in detail. Furthermore, we give a formal reference model of GMO using class diagram of UML. Combining with the above formal model, we present change model used in GMO and introduce an idea to map all changes inside component to the changes in component interfaces, mainly referring to changes of public method and variables. Here we introduce a concept of method dependency graph (MDG) to implement the mapping. Then the changes are reflected in relevant attributes in GMO provided to component users in order to facilitate component-based software integration testing and regression testing. Finally the case study based on previous formal model is done, and the corresponding results are given. All these show effectively that the models we presented are valid and helpful for component- based software integration testing and regression testing.
Keywords :
Unified Modeling Language; integrated software; meta data; regression analysis; UML; change model; component testability; component-based software integration testing; descriptive metadata; grouped-metadata object; method dependency graph; operative metadata; regression testing; Application software; Code standards; Computer science; Documentation; Educational institutions; Java; Packaging; Runtime; Software testing; Unified modeling language;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
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
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/AICCSA.2007.370861
Filename :
4230936
Link To Document :
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