Automating impact analysis and regression test selection based on UML designs

Author

Briand, L.C. ; Labiche, Y. ; Soccar, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

252

Lastpage

261

Abstract

We present a methodology and a tool to support test selection from regression test suites based on change analysis in object-oriented designs. We assume that designs are represented using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and we propose a formal mapping between design changes and a classification of regression test cases, i.e., three categories: reusable, retestable, and obsolete. We provide evidence of the feasibility of the methodology and its usefulness by using our prototype tool on an industrial case study.

Keywords

formal specification; object-oriented programming; program testing; software maintenance; software tools; specification languages; UML designs; Unified Modeling Language; change analysis; classification; impact analysis; industrial case study; methodology; object-oriented designs; object-oriented software engineering; prototype tool; regression test selection; software maintenance; software tool; Automatic testing; Costs; Design engineering; Drives; Laboratories; Software quality; Software testing; System testing; Systems engineering and theory; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 2002. Proceedings. International Conference on

ISSN

1063-6773

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1819-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.2002.1167775

Filename

1167775