Interface Coverage Criteria Supporting Model-Based Integration Testing

Saglietti F, Oster N, Pinte FA (2007)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Publication year: 2007

Publisher: VDE Verlag GmbH Berlin/Offenbach

City/Town: Zürich

Pages Range: 85-93

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2007)

Event location: Zürich CH

ISBN: 978-3-8007-3015-5

Abstract

Even assuming exhaustive tests at component level, interaction faults can only be avoided by thorough testing of component interfaces during integration testing. In view of the relevance of the integration testing phase for modern component-based systems, this article presents an extensive set of interface coverage criteria, which are not restricted to mere operation call sequences, but include message-based as well as state-based information. In order to support rational decision-making in identifying the best affordable integration coverage criterion for a given industrial system, a tool was implemented providing conservative estimates of the testing effort expected to be required by a given state-based integration testing strategy considered, supporting in addition the automatic visualisation of the interface entities needed to be covered.

Authors with CRIS profile

Francesca Saglietti Lehrstuhl für Informatik 11 (Software-Engineering) Norbert Oster Lehrstuhl für Informatik 2 (Programmiersysteme) Florin-Avram Pinte Lehrstuhl für Informatik 11 (Software-Engineering)

Related research project(s)

Automatische Testdatengenerierung zur Unterstützung inkrementeller modell- und codebasierter Testprozesse für hochzuverlässige Softwaresysteme (UnITeD) March 1, 2006 - Oct. 31, 2009

How to cite

APA:

Saglietti, F., Oster, N., & Pinte, F.-A. (2007). Interface Coverage Criteria Supporting Model-Based Integration Testing. In Marco Platzner, Karl E Grosspietsch, Christian Hochberger, Andreas Koch (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2007) (pp. 85-93). Zürich, CH: Zürich: VDE Verlag GmbH Berlin/Offenbach.

MLA:

Saglietti, Francesca, Norbert Oster, and Florin-Avram Pinte. "Interface Coverage Criteria Supporting Model-Based Integration Testing." Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2007), Zürich Ed. Marco Platzner, Karl E Grosspietsch, Christian Hochberger, Andreas Koch, Zürich: VDE Verlag GmbH Berlin/Offenbach, 2007. 85-93.

BibTeX: Download