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ASWEC
2008
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
An Empirical Study of Evolution of Inheritance in Java OSS
Previous studies of Object-Oriented (OO) software have reported avoidance of the inheritance mechanism and cast doubt on the wisdom of ‘deep’ inheritance levels. From an evolu...
Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell, M. Shepperd
ISSRE
2008
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Automated Generation of Pointcut Mutants for Testing Pointcuts in AspectJ Programs
Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) provides new modularization of software systems by encapsulating crosscutting concerns. AspectJ, an AOP language, uses abstractions such as point...
Prasanth Anbalagan, Tao Xie
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KBSE
2008
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Random Test Run Length and Effectiveness
Abstract—A poorly understood but important factor in random testing is the selection of a maximum length for test runs. Given a limited time for testing, it is seldom clear wheth...
James H. Andrews, Alex Groce, Melissa Weston, Ru-G...
KBSE
2008
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
SpotWeb: Detecting Framework Hotspots and Coldspots via Mining Open Source Code on the Web
—Software developers often face challenges in reusing open source frameworks due to several factors such as the framework complexity and lack of proper documentation. In this pap...
Suresh Thummalapenta, Tao Xie
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KBSE
2008
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Automatic Inference of Frame Axioms Using Static Analysis
Many approaches to software verification are currently semi-automatic: a human must provide key logical insights — e.g., loop invariants, class invariants, and frame axioms tha...
Zvonimir Rakamaric, Alan J. Hu