Reusing class-based test cases for testing object-oriented framework interface classes

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-196

  Dallal Al, Jehad ^a,b   Sorenson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Class testing; Framework interface classes (FICs); Object oriented framework; Reusable test cases; Specification based testing

Indexed keywords

CLASS TESTING; FRAMEWORK INTERFACE CLASSES (FIC); OBJECT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK; REUSABLE TEST CASES; SPECIFICATION-BASED TESTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 20444465246     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.308     Document Type: Article

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