Identification of Potential Reusable Subroutines in Recorded Automated Test Scripts

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Identification of Potential Reusable Subroutines in Recorded Automated Test Scripts

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Identification of Potential Reusable Subroutines in Recorded Automated Test Scripts

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

ISSN

0218-1940

e-ISSN

1793-6403

Svazek periodika

28

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

34

Strana od-do

3-36

Kód UT WoS článku

000424484700002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85041680663