Increasing the Testability of Object-Oriented Frameworks with Built-in Tests

Jeon, Taewoong; Lee, Sungyoung; Seung, Hyonwoo

doi:10.1007/3-540-45639-2_17

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“…Fayad et al [92] describe a technique in which the test case generating codes, packaged in BITs classes, are inherited and adapted during framework instantiation. Jeon et al [93,94] describe a technique for encapsulating test support code as BIT components and embedding them into the hotspots of the framework. This approach assists in detecting the defects, caused by the modification and extension of the framework, through testing.…”

Section: Reusing Tests In Object-oriented Framework and Componentsmentioning

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Tiwari¹,

Goel

2013

SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes

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Testing effort consumes more than half of all development effort and is one of the important factors, which obstruct quality assurance. Software reuse enhances quality and productivity and at the same time reduces the time-to-market of the software products. As reuse applies to the development process, so too, it applies to the testing process. In this paper, we discuss reuse-oriented test approaches, which are used to reduce the testing effort. Further, we present the state-of-the-art in reuse-oriented test approaches employed in reuseoriented development processes. At the end of the current paper, we argue that the current trend is towards built-in test and model based testing in the applications developed through reusable software.

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Section: Reusing Tests In Object-oriented Framework and Componentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Tiwari¹,

Goel

2013

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“…Wang et al [21] propose an approach of built-in-test (BIT) in object oriented framework which besides extending the reusability of frameworks from architecture to design to code to test improves the testability and maintainability of the frameworks. Similar to Wang et al [21] approach, Jeon et al [2] describes an approach to observe and control the process of framework testing, without making any changes to the framework design and code, whenever faults are incurred during the customization of the framework. A test support code is encapsulated as BIT component and embedded into the hook classes of the framework, increases the observability and controllability and hence testability of the framework.…”

Section: Framework Testability Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A test support code is encapsulated as BIT component and embedded into the hook classes of the framework, increases the observability and controllability and hence testability of the framework. Jeon et al [2] identifies four factors that have direct influence upon framework testability are: controllability, sensitivity, observability and oracle availability. Ranjan et al propose various testability models based on abstractness/variability and design related aspects of the framework [22,23].…”

Section: Framework Testability Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A framework is the reusable design (the context) of a system or a subsystem stated by means of a set of abstract classes and the ways the objects of (subclasses of) those classes collaborates [1]. Being a reusable pre-implemented architecture, a framework is designed "abstract" and "incomplete" and is designed with predefined points of variability, known as hotspots, to be customized later at the time of framework reuse [2]. A hotspot contains default and empty interfaces, known as hook methods, to be implemented during customization.…”

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Testability Estimation of Framework Based Applications

Goel¹,

Gupta²

2012

JSEA

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Quality of software systems is highly demanded in today’s scenario. Highly testable system enhances the reliability also. More than 50% of test effort-time and cost are used to produce a highly testable system. Thus, design-for-testability is needed to reduce the test effort. In order to enhance the quality, productivity and reduced cost of the software organizations are promoting to produce the reuse-oriented products. Incorporating reuse technology in both aspects-software development process and test process may payoff many folds. Keeping this view, our study focus the testability of the object-oriented framework based software systems and identify that flexibility at the variable points of the object-oriented framework, chosen for framework instantiation, greatly affects the testability of object-oriented framework based software at each level of testing. In the current paper, we propose a testability model considering the flexible aspect of the variable point to estimate testability in the early phase, requirement analysis phase, of development process of the framework based software. The proposed model helps to improve the testability of the software before the implementation starts thus reducing the overall development cost

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“…As per Gamma et al [1], famous in reuse literature as GoF, an object-oriented framework is a set of cooperating classes that make up a reusable design for a specific class of software which provides architectural guidance by partitioning the design into abstract classes and defining their responsibilities and collaborations. Being a reusable pre-implemented architecture, a framework is designed 'abstract' and 'incomplete' and is designed with predefined points of variability, known as hot spots, to be customized later at the time of framework reuse [2]. A hot spot contains default and empty interfaces, known as hook methods, to be implemented during customization [3,4].…”

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Variability-Based Models for Testability Analysis of Frameworks

Ranjan¹,

Tripathi²

2010

JSEA

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Frameworks are developed to capture the recurring design practices in terms of skeletons of software subsystems/ systems. They are designed ‘abstract’ and ‘incomplete’ and are designed with predefined points of variability, known as hot spots, to be customized later at the time of framework reuse. Frameworks are reusable entities thus demand stricter and rigorous testing in comparison to one-time use application. It would be advisable to guaranty the production of high quality frameworks without incurring heavy costs for their rigorous testing. The overall cost of framework development may be reduced by designing frameworks with high testability. This paper aims at discussing various metric models for testability analysis of frameworks in an attempt to having quantitative data on testability to be used to plan and monitor framework testing activities so that the framework testing effort and hence the overall framework development effort may be brought down. The models considered herein particularly consider that frameworks are inherently abstract and variable in nature

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Increasing the Testability of Object-Oriented Frameworks with Built-in Tests

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