Regression Test Reduction for Object-Oriented Software: A Control Call Graph Based Technique and Associated Tool

Incremental Call Graph Reanalysis for Object-Oriented Software Maintenance

A program’s call graph is an essential underlying structure for performing the various interprocedural analyses used in software development tools for object-oriented software systems. For interactive software development tools and software maintenance activities, the call graph needs to remain fairly precise and be updated quickly in response to software changes. This paper presents incrementa...

A Hybrid Regression Test Selection Technique for Object-Oriented Programs

We propose a regression test selection technique that is based on analysis of both the source code of an object-oriented program as well as the UML state machine models of the affected classes. We first construct a dependency graph model of the original program from the source code. When the program is suitably modified, the constructed model is updated to reflect the changes. Our model in addi...

Regression Testing of Object-Oriented Software: Towards a Hybrid Technique

We propose, in this paper, a hybrid regression testing technique and associated tool for object-oriented software. The technique combines, in fact, the analysis of UML models to a simple static analysis of the source code of the modified program. The basic models we use are use cases model and corresponding UML statechart and collaboration diagrams. The goal of the static analysis of the source...

A Graph-Based Metamodel for Object-Oriented Software Metrics

Selecting Regression Tests for Object-Oriented Software

Regression testing is an important but expensive software maintenance activity aimed at providing con-dence in modiied software. Selective retest methods reduce the cost of regression testing by selecting tests for a modiied program from a previously existing test suite. Many researchers have addressed the selective retest problem for procedural-language software, but few have addressed the pro...