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Testing object‐oriented software: a survey
Author(s) -
Binder Robert V.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
software testing, verification and reliability
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1689
pISSN - 0960-0833
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1689(199609/12)6:3/4<125::aid-stvr121>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - computer science , test management approach , keyword driven testing , executable , testability , programming language , software engineering , object oriented programming , regression testing , manual testing , white box testing , model based testing , implementation , test case , software , software construction , software system , reliability engineering , engineering , regression analysis , machine learning
Research and practitioner literature on testing object‐oriented software published up to the end of 1994 is summarized. The contribution of each source to eight topics presented: (1) abstract data type verification and testing as it relates to object‐oriented testing; (2) testing theory—fault hypotheses for object‐oriented software and adequate testing (several fault taxonomies are presented); (3) automatic model validation—techniques and tools for testing executable object‐oriented representations; (4) test case design—heuristic and formal techniques to develop test cases from object‐oriented representations and implementations; (5) testability—factors in controllability and observability; (6) test automation—assertions, state manipulation, comparators, object identity and built‐in tests; (7) test process strategies to organize and manage the activity of testing object‐oriented implementations; and (8) experience reports. Appendices provide several cross‐references.