An Application of Model Seeding to Search-Based Unit Test Generation for Gson

Mitchell Olsthoorn; Pouria Derakhshanfar; Xavier Devroey

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17

An Application of Model Seeding to Search-Based Unit Test Generation for Gson

Mitchell Olsthoorn, Pouria Derakhshanfar, Xavier Devroey

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Résumé

Model seeding is a strategy for injecting additional information in a search-based test generation process in the form of models, representing usages of the classes of the software under test. These models are used during the search-process to generate logical sequences of calls whenever an instance of a specific class is required. Model seeding was originally proposed for search-based crash reproduction. We adapted it to unit test generation using EvoSuite and applied it to Gson, a Java library to convert Java objects from and to JSON. Although our study shows mixed results, it identifies potential future research directions.

langue originale	Anglais
titre	Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020, Proceedings
rédacteurs en chef	Aldeida Aleti, Annibale Panichella
Editeur	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	239-245
Nombre de pages	7
ISBN (imprimé)	9783030597610
Les DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17
Etat de la publication	Publié - 2020
Modification externe	Oui
Evénement	12th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2020 - Bari, Italie Durée: 7 oct. 2020 → 8 oct. 2020

Série de publications

Nom	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12420 LNCS
ISSN (imprimé)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronique)	1611-3349

Une conférence

Une conférence	12th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2020
Pays	Italie
La ville	Bari
période	7/10/20 → 8/10/20

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10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17

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Derakhshanfar, P. (Créateur), Olsthoorn, M. (Créateur) & Devroey, X. (Créateur), Zenodo, 28 juil. 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3963956
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Olsthoorn, M., Derakhshanfar, P., & Devroey, X. (2020). An Application of Model Seeding to Search-Based Unit Test Generation for Gson. Dans A. Aleti, & A. Panichella (eds.), Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020, Proceedings (p. 239-245). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol 12420 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17

Olsthoorn, Mitchell ; Derakhshanfar, Pouria ; Devroey, Xavier. / An Application of Model Seeding to Search-Based Unit Test Generation for Gson. Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020, Proceedings. Editeur / Aldeida Aleti ; Annibale Panichella. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. p. 239-245 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020, Proceedings. Ed. / Aldeida Aleti; Annibale Panichella. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. p. 239-245 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol 12420 LNCS).

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