Identification of Potential Reusable Subroutines in Recorded Automated Test Scripts
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<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218194018500018" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218194018500018</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218194018500018" target="_blank" >10.1142/S0218194018500018</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Identification of Potential Reusable Subroutines in Recorded Automated Test Scripts
Original language description
In the automated testing based on actions in user interface of the tested application, one of the key challenges is maintenance of these tests. The maintenance overhead can be decreased by suitably structuring the test scripts, typically by employing reusable objects. To aid in the development, maintenance and refactoring of these test scripts, potentially reusable objects can be identified by a semi-automated process. In this paper, we propose a solution that identifies the potentially reusable objects in a set of automated test scripts and then provides developers with suggestions about these objects. During this process, we analyze the semantics of specific test steps using a system of abstract signatures. The solution can be used to identify the potentially reusable objects in both recorded automated test sets and tests programmed in an unstructured style. Moreover, compared to approaches that are based solely on searching for repetitive source code fragments, the proposed system identifies potentially reusable objects that are more relevant for test automation.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
ISSN
0218-1940
e-ISSN
1793-6403
Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
34
Pages from-to
3-36
UT code for WoS article
000424484700002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85041680663