DocumentCode :
2352347
Title :
A Preliminary Study on BPEL Process Testability
Author :
Salva, Sébastien ; Rabhi, Issam
Author_Institution :
LIMOS, Univ. d´´Auvergne, Aubiere, France
fYear :
2010
fDate :
6-10 April 2010
Firstpage :
62
Lastpage :
71
Abstract :
WS-BPEL is an OASIS standard language used for describing interactions in Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). BPEL processes are usually overlapped in large Business applications composed of web services and such applications are more and more developed with respect of quality processes. Testability, which is the topic of this paper, is a quality criterion devoted for testing activities which evaluates the test coverage and the testing cost. We study the BPEL testability on two well-known testability criteria, observability and controllability. To evaluate them, we propose to transform ABPEL specifications into STS and to apply existing methods. Then, from STS testability issues, we deduce some patterns of ABPEL testability degradation. These latter help to finally propose testability enhancement methods of ABPEL specifications.
Keywords :
Web services; controllability; formal specification; observability; program testing; software architecture; specification languages; ABPEL specifications; BPEL process testability; OASIS standard language; STS testability; WS-BPEL language; business process execution language; controllability criteria; observability criteria; service oriented architectures; symbolic transition system; test coverage; testability enhancement methods; testing cost; Application software; Capability maturity model; Costs; Degradation; Observability; Service oriented architecture; Sociotechnical systems; Software testing; System testing; Web services;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops (ICSTW), 2010 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6773-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSTW.2010.14
Filename :
5463716
Link To Document :
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