An Overview of Integration Testing Techniques for Object-Oriented Programs
W. K. Chan, Tsong Yueh Chen, T.H. Tse · Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) · 2002
Object-oriented programs involve many unique features that are not present in their conventional counterparts. Examples are message passing, synchronization, dynamic binding, object instantiation, persistence, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. Integration testing for such programs is, therefore, more difficult than that for conventional programs. In this paper, we present an overview of current work on integration testing for object-oriented and/or concurrent programs, with a view to identifying areas for future research. We cover state-based testing, event-based testing, fault-based testing, deterministic and reachability techniques, and formal and semi-formal techniques.