Title :
Testing During Refactoring: Adding Aspects to Legacy Systems
Author :
Mortensen, Michael ; Ghosh, Sudipto ; Bieman, James M.
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO
Abstract :
Moving program code that implements cross-cutting concerns into aspects can improve the maintainability of legacy systems. This kind of refactoring, called aspectualization, can also introduce faults into a system. A test driven approach can identify these faults during the refactoring process so that they can be removed. We perform systematic testing as we aspectualize commercial VLSI CAD applications. The process of refactoring these applications revealed the kinds of faults that can arise during aspectualization, and helped us to develop techniques to reduce their occurrences
Keywords :
object-oriented programming; program testing; regression analysis; software maintenance; VLSI CAD application; aspect-oriented programming; aspectualization; fault identification; legacy systems; mock system; program code; program testing; refactoring; regression testing; software maintenance; systematic testing; test driven development; Application software; Computer science; Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Pattern matching; Performance evaluation; Scattering; System testing; Very large scale integration; Weaving;
Conference_Titel :
Software Reliability Engineering, 2006. ISSRE '06. 17th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Raleigh, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2684-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISSRE.2006.46
