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ICST 2020
Sat 24 - Wed 28 October 2020 Porto, Portugal
Sun 25 Oct 2020 15:00 - 15:30 at Farfetch (D. Maria) - RT5 - Testing for APIs Chair(s): José Miguel Rojas
Mon 26 Oct 2020 02:00 - 02:30 at Farfetch (D. Maria) - RT5 - Testing for APIs Chair(s): Marcelo d'Amorim

Search-based software testing (SBST) has been shown to be an effective technique to generate test cases automatically. Its effectiveness strongly depends on the guidance of the fitness function. Unfortunately, a common issue in SBST is the so called flag problem, where the fitness landscape presents a plateau that provides no guidance. In this paper, we provide a series of novel testability transformations aimed at providing guidance in the context of commonly used API calls. An example is when strings need to be converted into valid date/time objects. We implemented our novel techniques as an extension to EVOMASTER, a SBST tool that generates system level test cases. Experiments on six open-source REST web services, and an industrial one, show that our novel techniques improve performance significantly.

Sun 25 Oct

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14:00 - 16:00
RT5 - Testing for APIsTesting Tools Track / Research Papers at Farfetch (D. Maria) +11h
Chair(s): José Miguel Rojas University of Leicester, UK
14:00
30m
Talk
QuickREST: Property-based Test Generation of OpenAPI-Described RESTful APIs
Research Papers
Stefan Karlsson ABB AB, Mälardalen University, Adnan Causevic Mälardalen University, Daniel Sundmark Mälardalen University
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14:30
30m
Talk
RESTTESTGEN: Automated Black-Box Testing of RESTful APIsDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers
Emanuele Viglianisi FBK, Michael Dallago University of Trento, Mariano Ceccato University of Verona
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15:00
30m
Talk
Testability Transformations For Existing APIs
Research Papers
Andrea Arcuri Kristiania University College, Norway, Juan Pablo Galeotti University of Buenos Aires
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15:30
15m
Talk
CDST: A Toolkit for Testing Cockpit Display Systems
Testing Tools Track
Hassan Sartaj QUEST - UAV Dependability Lab, Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Muhammad Uzair Khan National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
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15:45
15m
Talk
Open-source Defect Injection Benchmark Testbed for the Evaluation of Testing
Testing Tools Track
Miroslav Bures Czech Technical University in Prague, Pavel Herout University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, CZ, Bestoun S. Ahmed Karlstad University
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Mon 26 Oct

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01:00 - 03:00
RT5 - Testing for APIsResearch Papers / Testing Tools Track at Farfetch (D. Maria)
Chair(s): Marcelo d'Amorim Federal University of Pernambuco
01:00
30m
Talk
QuickREST: Property-based Test Generation of OpenAPI-Described RESTful APIs
Research Papers
Stefan Karlsson ABB AB, Mälardalen University, Adnan Causevic Mälardalen University, Daniel Sundmark Mälardalen University
Link to publication DOI
01:30
30m
Talk
RESTTESTGEN: Automated Black-Box Testing of RESTful APIsDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers
Emanuele Viglianisi FBK, Michael Dallago University of Trento, Mariano Ceccato University of Verona
Link to publication DOI
02:00
30m
Talk
Testability Transformations For Existing APIs
Research Papers
Andrea Arcuri Kristiania University College, Norway, Juan Pablo Galeotti University of Buenos Aires
Link to publication DOI
02:30
15m
Talk
CDST: A Toolkit for Testing Cockpit Display Systems
Testing Tools Track
Hassan Sartaj QUEST - UAV Dependability Lab, Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Muhammad Uzair Khan National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
Link to publication DOI
02:45
15m
Talk
Open-source Defect Injection Benchmark Testbed for the Evaluation of Testing
Testing Tools Track
Miroslav Bures Czech Technical University in Prague, Pavel Herout University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, CZ, Bestoun S. Ahmed Karlstad University
Link to publication DOI