Experiences in coverage testing of a Java middleware

SEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Software Engineering and Middleware

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 39-45

  Kessis, Mehdi ^a   Ledru, Yves ^b   Vandome, Gérard ^c  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

^b LSR Laboratory   (France)

^c Bull Open Software Labs   (France)

Author keywords

code coverage testing; J2EE; JOnAS; large scale software development; middleware; software engineering

Indexed keywords

CODE COVERAGE; COVERAGE ANALYSIS; COVERAGE TESTING; EBUSINESS; ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT; J2EE; JONAS; LINES OF CODE; NON-FUNCTIONAL; QUALITY MANAGERS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; TEST COVERAGE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MIDDLEWARE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SERVERS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 34247375095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1108473.1108483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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