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Component-Based Software Testing with UML |
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 Description
Component-based software development
regards software construction in terms of conventional engineering
disciplines where the assembly of systems from readily-available
prefabricated parts is the norm. Because both component-based systems
themselves and the stakeholders in component-based development projects
are different from traditional software systems, component-based
testing also needs to deviate from traditional software testing
approaches.
Gross first describes the specific challenges
related to component-based testing like the lack of internal knowledge
of a component or the usage of a component in diverse contexts. He
argues that only built-in contract testing, a test organization for
component-based applications founded on building test artifacts
directly into components, can prevent catastrophic failures like the
one that caused the now famous ARIANE 5 crash in 1996. Since building
testing into components has implications for component development,
built-in contract testing is integrated with and made to complement a
model-driven development method. Here UML models are used to derive the
testing architecture for an application, the testing interfaces and the
component testers. The method also provides a process and guidelines
for modeling and developing these artifacts.
This book is the
first comprehensive treatment of the intricacies of testing
component-based software systems. With its strong modeling background,
it appeals to researchers and graduate students specializing in
component-based software engineering. Professionals architecting and
developing component-based systems will profit from the UML-based
methodology and the implementation hints based on the XUnit and JUnit
frameworks.
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