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http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/KIPSTD.2008.15-D.1.107

A Restructuring Technique of Legacy Software Systems for Unit Testing  

Moon, Joong-Hee (삼성전자 S/W연구소)
Lee, Nam-Yong (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과)
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The KIPS Transactions:PartD / v.15D, no.1, 2008 , pp. 107-112 More about this Journal
Abstract
The maintenance of legacy software systems is very important in the field of a software engineering. In the maintenance, a regression test confirms the behavior preserving of the software which has been changed but most of regression tests are done in a system level and rarely done in a unit test level because there is no test case. This paper proposes how to modify legacy software systems and make unit test cases as an asset. It uses a technique with a specific module of a real software development project and analyzes test coverage results. After this, if a study about automatic restructuring techniques and a test case generation proceeds continuously, we can expect the big advance of legacy software systems maintenance.
Keywords
Legacy Software; Unit Test; Software Maintenance; Regression Test; Restructuring;
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