A reverse engineering approach for software testing of object-oriented programs

Proceedings 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology. ASSET'99 (Cat. No.PR00122) Pub Date : 1999-03-24 DOI:10.1109/ASSET.1999.756750

D. Kung, P. Hsia

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Object-oriented features such as encapsulation, inheritance, and state dependent behaviour raise new problems in software testing. In this paper, we describe a reverse engineering approach for software testing of object-oriented programs. The approach is based on a graphic model which consists of three types of diagram: object relation diagrams (ORD), block branch diagrams (BBD), and object state diagrams (OSD). An ORD presents the inheritance, aggregation, and association relations among the object classes. A BBD presents, for a member function, the control structure, the input parameters and output parameters, the external data that are used and affected, and other functions that are invoked. An OSD presents the states and state transitions. These diagrams are generated from C++/Java source code and may be used to 1) provide guidance on the order to test the classes and member functions; 2) prepare member function test cases; 3) prepare test cases for object state dependent behaviours and interaction between such behaviours; and 4) provide a graphic display of coverage information to a tester.

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面向对象程序软件测试的逆向工程方法

面向对象的特性，如封装、继承和状态依赖行为，在软件测试中提出了新的问题。在本文中，我们描述了一种用于面向对象程序的软件测试的逆向工程方法。该方法基于图形模型，该模型由三种类型的图组成:对象关系图(ORD)、块分支图(BBD)和对象状态图(OSD)。ORD表示对象类之间的继承、聚合和关联关系。对于成员函数，BBD表示控制结构、输入参数和输出参数、使用和影响的外部数据以及调用的其他函数。OSD表示状态和状态转换。这些图是从c++ /Java源代码生成的，可以用来:1)为测试类和成员函数的顺序提供指导;2)准备成员功能测试用例;3)准备对象状态依赖行为和这些行为之间的交互的测试用例;4)为测试人员提供覆盖信息的图形显示。

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