DocumentCode
3176074
Title
Exploiting Common Object Usage in Test Case Generation
Author
Fraser, Gordon ; Zeller, Andreas
Author_Institution
Comput. Sci., Saarland Univ., Saarbrucken, Germany
fYear
2011
fDate
21-25 March 2011
Firstpage
80
Lastpage
89
Abstract
Generated test cases are good at systematically exploring paths and conditions in software. However, generated test cases often do not make sense. We adapt test case generation to follow patterns of common object usage, as mined from code examples. Our experiments show that generated tests thus (a) reuse familiar usage patterns, making them easier to understand and (b) focus on common usage, thus respecting implicit preconditions and avoiding meaningless tests.
Keywords
program testing; common object usage exploitation; test case generation; usage pattern reusing; Data mining; Libraries; Markov processes; Object oriented modeling; Search problems; Software; Testing; readability; specification mining; test case generation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST), 2011 IEEE Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Berlin
Print_ISBN
978-1-61284-174-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-4342-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICST.2011.53
Filename
5770597
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