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Improving Class Firewall Regression Test Selection by Removing the Class Firewall

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Summary, in English

One regression test selection technique proposed for object-oriented programs is the Class firewall regression test selection technique. The selection technique selects test cases for regression test, which test changed classes and classes that depend on changed classes. However, in empirical studies of the application of the technique, we observed that another technique found the same defects, selected fewer tests and required a simpler, less costly, analysis. The technique, which we refer to as the Change-based regression test selection technique, is basically the Class firewall technique, but with the class firewall removed. In this paper we formulate a hypothesis stating that these empirical observations are not incidental, but an nherent property of the Class firewall technique. We prove that the hypothesis holds for Java in a stable testing environment, and conclude that the effectiveness of the Class firewall regression testing technique can be improved without sacrifice the defect detection capability of the technique, by removing the class firewall.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

359-378

Publication/Series

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volume

17

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing

Topic

  • Computer Science

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0218-1940