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A Component Composition Testing Technique in CBSD  

Yoon, Hoi-Jin (Dept.of Computer, Graduate School of Ewah Wonan's University)
Choi, Byoung-Ju (Dept.of Computer, Ewah Wonan's University)
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Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications / v.29, no.10, 2002 , pp. 694-702 More about this Journal
Abstract
An application in Component-Based Software Development (CBSD) is built by 'composing'two kinds of components; One is a component that is made by current developer himself, and the other is a component that is from other developments. We define the former as a 'White-box component' and the latter as a 'Black-box component.' The error from the composition can be said to be caused by interactions of Black-box components and White-box components. This paper proposes a new testing technique for composition errors, and applies the technique to Enterprise Java Beans component architecture. Our technique selects test cases by injecting a fault only into the specific parts of a White-box component. This specific parts for injecting a fault are selected by analyzing composition patterns, and lead to make our test cases have a good effectiveness. We show the effectiveness of our test cases through an experiment. Moreover, we also mention an automation tool for our technique.
Keywords
CBSD; CBSD; Component Test; Composition Test;
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