Regression test selection for Java software Export

@article{citeulike:895461, abstract = {Regression testing is applied to modified software to provide confidence that the changed parts behave as intended and that the unchanged parts have not been adversely affected by the modifications. To reduce the cost of regression testing, test cases are selected from the test suite that was used to test the original version of the software—this process is called regression test selection. A safe regression-test-selection algorithm selects every test case in the test suite that may reveal a fault in the modified software. Safe regression-test-selection techniques can help to reduce the time required to perform regression testing because they select only a portion of the test suite for use in the testing but guarantee that the faults revealed by this subset will be the same as those revealed by running the entire test suite. This paper presents the first safe regression-test-selection technique that, based on the use of a suitable representation, handles the features of the Java language. Unlike other safe regression test selection techniques, the presented technique also handles incomplete programs. The technique can thus be safely applied in the (very common) case of Java software that uses external libraries or components; the analysis of the external code is not required for the technique to select test cases for such software. The paper also describes Retest, a regression-test-selection system that implements our technique, and a set of empirical studies that demonstrate that the regression-test-selection algorithm can be effective in reducing the size of the test suite.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Harrold, Mary J. and Jones, James A. and Li, Tongyu and Liang, Donglin and Orso, Alessandro and Pennings, Maikel and Sinha, Saurabh and Spoon, Alexander S. and Gujarathi, Ashish}, citeulike-article-id = {895461}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=504311.504305}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/504311.504305}, doi = {10.1145/504311.504305}, isbn = {1581133359}, journal = {ACM SIGPLAN Notices}, keywords = {regression, sw\_engineering, testing}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {312--326}, posted-at = {2006-10-13 15:33:10}, priority = {3}, publisher = {ACM Press}, title = {Regression test selection for Java software}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/504311.504305}, volume = {36}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:895461 L3 - citeulike-article-id:895461 N2 - Regression testing is applied to modified software to provide confidence that the changed parts behave as intended and that the unchanged parts have not been adversely affected by the modifications. To reduce the cost of regression testing, test cases are selected from the test suite that was used to test the original version of the software—this process is called regression test selection. A safe regression-test-selection algorithm selects every test case in the test suite that may reveal a fault in the modified software. Safe regression-test-selection techniques can help to reduce the time required to perform regression testing because they select only a portion of the test suite for use in the testing but guarantee that the faults revealed by this subset will be the same as those revealed by running the entire test suite. This paper presents the first safe regression-test-selection technique that, based on the use of a suitable representation, handles the features of the Java language. Unlike other safe regression test selection techniques, the presented technique also handles incomplete programs. The technique can thus be safely applied in the (very common) case of Java software that uses external libraries or components; the analysis of the external code is not required for the technique to select test cases for such software. The paper also describes Retest, a regression-test-selection system that implements our technique, and a set of empirical studies that demonstrate that the regression-test-selection algorithm can be effective in reducing the size of the test suite. IS - 11 JF - ACM SIGPLAN Notices SN - 1581133359 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 326 TI - Regression test selection for Java software PB - ACM Press VL - 36 SP - 312 KW - regression KW - sw_engineering KW - testing AU - Harrold, Mary AU - Jones, James AU - Li, Tongyu AU - Liang, Donglin AU - Orso, Alessandro AU - Pennings, Maikel AU - Sinha, Saurabh AU - Spoon, Alexander AU - Gujarathi, Ashish PY - 2001/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/504311.504305 ER -