Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software (APAQS'01)
Combining the Animation and Testing of Abstract Data Types
Hong Kong
December 10-December 11
ISBN: 0-7695-1287-9
A formal specification animator interprets and executes specifications to give them the appearance of liveliness. This can be used to identify errors in a specification because it provides concrete examples of the behaviour of the specfication. By providing a suitable user interface, it allows users unfamiliar with specification languages and notations to interact with the specification. In this paper, we exploit the similarities between animation and testing, and present a method that combines specification animation and software testing of abstract data types (ADTs). Tool support is provided by Peach, which supports the animation of a specification and the testing of an implementation of that specification. We demonstrate the use of our method and tool on a small example, and discuss its application to a larger example.
Citation:
T. Miller, P. Strooper, "Combining the Animation and Testing of Abstract Data Types," apaqs, pp.0249, Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software (APAQS'01), 2001
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