A contribution to the minimization of the number of stubs during integration test of aspect-oriented programs / Uma contribuição para a minimização do número de stubs no teste de integração de programas orientados a aspectos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Aspect-oriented programming is an approach that uses principles of separation of concerns to improve the sofware modularization. Testing of aspect-oriented programs is a new challenge related to this approach. Two aspects and classes test order strategies to support integration testing of aspect-oriented programs are proposed in this thesis. The objective of these strategies is to reduce the cost of testing activities through the minimization of the number of implemented stubs during integration test. An aspectual dependency model and a diagram which describes dependencies among classes and aspects called AORD (Aspect and Object Relation Diagram) used by the ordering strategies are also proposed. The aspectual dependency model and the AORD were defined considering the syntax constructions and the semantics of AspectJ. As the proposed estrategies should be applied in design phase of software development, a process to map a desing model using UML and MATA notations into a AORD is proposed in order to support the ordering strategies. The mapping process is composed by rules that show how to map both aspect and object-oriented dependencies. A characterization exploratory study using three systems implemented with AspectJ was conducted to validate the ordering strategies, the aspectual dependency model and the AORD. Interesting samples of stubs implementations were collected during the study conduction. The stubs were analyzed and classified. Based on these analysis and classification a catalog of stubs and drivers is presented

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minimization of the number of stubs integration testing aspect-oriented programming teses de integração minimização de stubs de teste programação orientada a aspectos

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