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Automated Test Generation from Program Documentation Encoded in Code Comments
Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:00 - 15:30 at 211 - Session 2: Test Generation
Documenting the functionality of software units with code comments, e.g., Javadoc comments, is a common programmer best-practice in software engineering. This paper introduces a novel test generation technique that exploits the code-comment documentation constructively. We originally address those behaviors as test objectives, which we pursue in search-based fashion. We deliver test cases with names and oracles properly contextualized on the target behaviors. Our experiments against a benchmark of 118 Java classes indicate that the proposed approach successfully tests many software behaviors that may remain untested with classic test generation approaches, and distinctively detects unknown failures.
Mon 28 AprDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
Mon 28 Apr
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14:00 - 15:30 | |||
14:00 30mFull-paper | Automated Test-Case Generation for REST APIs Using Model Inference Search Heuristic AST 2025 Clinton Cao Delft University of Technology, Annibale Panichella Delft University of Technology, Sicco Verwer TU Delft Pre-print | ||
14:30 30mFull-paper | Automated Test Generation for Integration Testing AST 2025 Elson Kurian University of Milano Bicocca, Luca Guglielmo Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Pietro Braione University of Milano-Bicocca, Giovanni Denaro University of Milano - Bicocca | ||
15:00 30mFull-paper | Automated Test Generation from Program Documentation Encoded in Code Comments AST 2025 Giovanni Denaro University of Milano - Bicocca, Luca Guglielmo Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Pre-print |