Towards A Practical Approach to Test Aspect-Oriented Software

: Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) provides new constructs and tools to handle cross-cutting concerns in programs. Fully realizing the potentials of riented Software Development requires new abstractions and techniques for testing. This paper proposes a first step towards a practical approach to test aspect-oriented software. The proposed approach is accompanied by a selection algorithm that can select test cases that are relevant to aspects under test. A new testing coverage definition is proposed to specify the sufficiency of test cases on the aspect being tested. A tool is developed to support the approach, automating test case selection and coverage calculation. A detailed case study of banking account processing illustrates this initial approach.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: SOQUA
• Authors: Yuewei Zhou, Hadar Ziv, Debra J. Richardson
• Keywords: Software Engineering, SOQUA 2004, Test Aspect-oriented Software, Test Case, Test Case Selection