Uml structural and behavioral specification diagrams have been used by testing researchers for generation of test scenarios and test data. This paper presents our experiences in building a umlbased approach for maintaining software products of a largescale industrial product family. The method also provides a process and guidelines for modeling and developing these artifacts. Increasing numbers of software developers are using the unified. There is also a contractbased testing technique for testing web services 22. This paper introduces a new umlbased sct methodology, modelbased software component testing mbsct, which is developed with a set of sct techniques. Zheng and bundell 58 introduced test by contract, which is an umlbased software component testing technique. It provides practical examples of applying the uml testing profile for different applications of testing throughout the development process. It is a comprehensive objectoriented umlbased information model that uses. We propose that a modelbased testing approach that leverages the. Behavior can be described in terms of input sequences, actions, conditions, output and flow of. You can automatically generate code from a model and, when software and hardware implementation requirements are included, create test benches for system verification. In 6th ieeeacis international conference on computer and information science, 2007. Moreover, the testing activities can be leftshifted and the sut can be tested at an early stage in the software development life cycle.
Testing is an essential, but time and resource consuming activity in the software development process. Rational rose uml modeling tool and unit test execution tools such as junit and. Read a umlbased approach to system testing, innovations in systems and software engineering on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Underlying all of our umlbased testing approaches is the categorypartition. Component contracts are useful testing support artefacts to improve component testability. This article describes an approach for automatically generating and executing system tests, which can be used to improve the validation of an application. Uml models for effective component development and testing. In the approach, software architecture components represent distributed processes and each component has a single queue. Modelbased design mbd is a mathematical and visual method of addressing problems associated with designing complex control, signal processing and communication systems.
Testing complex software by means of exhaustive coverage of relatively simple models area of applicability. The aim of this survey is to improve the understanding of uml based testing techniques. This paper presents a new contractbased sct technique, test by contract tbc, which extends the design by contract concept to the sct domain, and leverages umlbased testing with the contract mechanism to design modelbased test contracts for umlbased sct. This paper discusses a modelbased approach to testing as a vital part of soft ware development. As a reader, i enjoyed the detailed discussion arguing about. This book is an exhaustive compendium for component based software testing based on uml, and it provides good examples for applying the developed approach. Without source code, many testing techniques will not be applicable. Many of its useful tools, such as interaction diagrams, statechart diagrams, and component diagrams, characterize the behavior of components in various aspects. A umlbased approach to system testing, innovations in. Software component testing sct is a proven software engineering approach to evaluating, improving and demonstrating component reliability and quality for producing trusted software components, which is critical to support the success of componentbased software engineering. Test by contract for umlbased software component testing. Improving modelbased component testability can further modelbased approaches to software component testing sct for desirable testing effectiveness. In this chapter, we present a new umlbased sct methodology, modelbased software component testing mbsct, which aims to leverage sct with software component modeling scm for scd, and achieve an effective integration of sct with uml modeling towards sct practice. Applying uml modeling to both software component testing sct and software component development enables testing and design phases to utilise a consistent specification approach.
The above model explains the simplified approach of writing poetry in. Modelbased testing for software product lines erika mir. Model based analysis and test generation for flight software. Little has been written on how testing should be handled in modeldriven software development. However, the implementation of the model faces a technical challenge how to e. For models used in modelbased testing, the evaluation of their testability is an. Section 5 illustrates uml based testing, and finally the report is concluded in section 6. Pdf an evaluation of uml in model based testing researchgate. Componentbased software engineering is increasingly being adopted for. It is used in many motion control, industrial equipment, aerospace, and automotive applications. Here uml models are used to derive the testing architecture for an application, the testing interfaces and the component testers. It is aimed at testers and software developers who wish to use modelbased testing, rather than at tooldevelopers or academics. This expedites the process of test case generation.
This book provides an excellent overview of how uml can be used for test specification and testing. Recently, modelbased testing approaches or mbt such as tedeso former tdeuml have been used in support of test generation. For modelbased testing approaches, the system is modeled by a set of. Automated method for software integration testing based on. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading testing and quality assurance for component based software artech house computing library. At least in the domain of objectoriented software systems this is a. The flight software will be complex, where errors can be caused by interactions among many components, whose dynamic behavior will be described using different modeling formalisms. Therefore, in order to test large and complex systems test automation methods are needed, which help evaluating whether the software is working properly. The unified modeling language uml has been widely adopted in componentbased software development processes. A component or a unit is the smallest testable part of an application. Umlbased integration testing for componentbased software. Component based software engineering is increasingly being adopted for software development. It allows to automate or semiautomate the entire testing process. Tests are produced based on abstract test cases from highlevel.
Increasing numbers of software developers are using the unified modeling language uml and associated visual modeling tools as a basis for the design and implementation of their distributed, component based applications. Software testing encourages reusing these models for testing purpose. Componentbased software engineering cbse is becoming a widely used software engineering approach to reduce software development costs and sustain rapid software production. The uml is an open system that supports the entire software development life cycle. In this paper, we first analyze dierent test elements that are critical to test component based software, then we propose a group of umlbased test adequacy criteria that can be used to test. This paper introduces a new umlbased sct methodology, modelbased software component testing mbsct, which is. Component testing in computer programming, component or unit testing is verification and validation of source code units built for a specific purpose. In this paper, we present our approach to modeling components and their. August 2429, 2014 modelbased testing of plc software. Testing state machines the modeldriven approach dzone. Structural diagrams include the class diagram, object diagram, component. Automating component based testing from uml models.
A umlbased approach to system testing springerlink. This book is an exhaustive compendium for componentbased software testing based on uml, and it provides good examples for applying the devel oped approach. Modelbased testing is an application of modelbased design for designing and optionally also executing artifacts to perform software testing or system testing. Softwareintensive systems with reusable components grant agreements.
First, these objects should be modeled in uml, using certain extensions and modeling conventions. Modelbased design is a methodology applied in designing embedded software. A umlbased approach to system testing semantic scholar. A framework for umlbased software component testing. Software paradigms, assessment types and nonfunctional. Model based testing is a software testing technique where run time behavior of. Modelbased testing mbt is a blackbox testing technique that generates tests from abstract behavioral models. It is a reusebased approach to defining, implementing and composing loosely coupled independent components into systems. Software components such as ejbs or com objects may be tested in an automated fashion with the help of uml models. Modelbased testing mbt of software components enables the utilisation of a consistent modelbased approach and specification e.
Following the proposed mbsct framework for developing component test cases, the main task in the first phase is to build a set of umlbased test models, which is supported with the scenariobased component integration testing and test by. The method also provides a process and guidelines for modeling. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software implementation. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the intricacies of testing component based software systems. Model based testing is used by many organizations due to highest testing coverage and low maintenance for longterm regression testing. Models can be used to represent the desired behavior of a system under test sut, or to represent testing strategies and a test environment. Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the software product or service under test. Applying uml modeling to both software component testing sct and software component development enables testing and design phases to utilise a consistent specification approach to producing. An overview on modelbased testing approaches is presented in section 2. Componentbased software testing with uml springerlink. Unified modeling language an overview sciencedirect topics. Polymorphism sequence diagrams test data automatic generation based on ocl. The term modelbased testing refers to test case derivation from a model representing software behavior. Practical modelbased testing gives a practical introduction to modelbased testing, showing how to write models for testing purposes and how to use modelbased testing tools to generate test suites.
Component based software engineering cbse, also called components based development cbd, is a branch of software engineering that emphasizes the separation of concerns with respect to the wideranging functionality available throughout a given software system. Regression testing for maintaining software is discussed in detail. Nowadays, testing is often considered more important than the code itself. Recent approaches have considered test case generation from sequence.
Currently, components delivered by component providers only include specifications of the interfaces. Abstractmodelbased mutation testing mbmt is a promis ing testing. The main goal of the research is to improve effectiveness of integration testing by creating an automated method. Model based testing is a software testing technique where run time behavior of software under test is checked against predictions made by a model. Momutuml modelbased mutation testing for uml tu graz. Performance modeling and analysis of software architectures. Apis of software components that form part of the serverside application or. Generating a short, but effective test suite usually needs a lot ofmanual work and expert knowledge. At the same time, it is necessary to test these components, especially during unit and integration testing. Model and validate a system model and test components, integrate components, test. Skilled testers in these organizations who are adopting mbt approach often builds the model in their mind which can be transformed on the paper or documents for visual purpose. Umlbased integration testing for component based software ye wu 1and meihwa chen2 and je. The uml based approcah to software integration testing discussed in this book uses an unique approach of content and context based relationship of objects.
Component based software testing with uml springerlink. Author links open overlay panel kendra cooper a lirong dai a yi deng b. Testing and quality assurance for component based software artech house computing library kindle edition by gao, jerry z download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Testing and quality assurance for componentbased software. Tests are automatically generated from behavioural models of the application using the unified modelling language uml and then executed using a suitable test execution environment. The unified modeling language uml has been widely adopted in.
Applying uml modeling to both software component testing sct and software component development enables testing and design phases to utilise a consistent specification approach to producing functional and reliable software components with better effectiveness and efficiency. Umlbased integration testing proceedings of the 2000. This paper presents a new contractbased sct technique, test by contract. This imposes significant difficulties on adequate testing of an integrated component based system. Applying uml modeling to both software component testing sct and software component development enables testing and design phases to utilise a. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Any software and hardware components with welldefined interfaces or functional properties formalization of requirements allows improving most phases of software development processes. Contractbased software component testing with uml models. Typical modeling languages for test generation include uml, sysml, mainstream. The goal of this paper is to propose a reasonably complete and coherent approach for modelbased testing to be usable in industrial contexts. They fully cover qa measuremnet and validation topics, standards and certification.
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