Enhancing generated Java GUI models with valid test data

Pekka Aho; Nadja Menz; Tomi Räty

doi:10.1109/ICOS.2011.6079253

Enhancing generated Java GUI models with valid test data

Pekka Aho, Nadja Menz, Tomi Räty

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Abstract

Iterative prototyping process in the development of graphical user interface (GUI) software is a considerable challenge for test automation. The maintenance work required for updating the test suites because of the constant changes in the GUI decreases the benefits gained from test automation and a large part of GUI software is still tested manually. In this paper we present a method and tool support for automatically creating and iteratively enhancing models of Java GUI applications, using the models for test case generation and automatically executing the generated test cases. During the first step the GUI Driver tool generates models presenting the state and behavior of the GUI application that is executed and observed automatically. Then the user can provide valid test data for the input fields of the GUI application and the GUI Driver tool uses the information to automatically enhance the generated GUI models. The enhanced models can be used for model-based testing (MBT) purposes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE Conference on Open Systems, ICOS 2011
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	316-321
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-61284-931-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61284-930-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOS.2011.6079253
Publication status	Published - 2011
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE Conference on Open Systems, ICOS 2011 - Langkawi, Malaysia Duration: 25 Sep 2011 → 28 Sep 2011

Conference

Conference	IEEE Conference on Open Systems, ICOS 2011
Abbreviated title	ICOS 2011
Country	Malaysia
City	Langkawi
Period	25/09/11 → 28/09/11

Keywords

Automatic model generation
GUI state model
GUI test automation
model-based testing

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Aho, P., Menz, N., & Räty, T. (2011). Enhancing generated Java GUI models with valid test data. In Proceedings: IEEE Conference on Open Systems, ICOS 2011 (pp. 316-321). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOS.2011.6079253

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