An integrated regression testing framework to multi-threaded Java programs

Abstract

Regression testing is a process to retest modified programs to examine whether or not new bugs were introduced by a modification. Currently, most of the selective regression testing methods have been presented to test non-concurrent programs, but few of them discussed the regression testing of concurrent programs. In this article, a selective regression testing framework based on reachability testing is proposed to solve the retesting problems in testing multi-threaded Java programs, where both the identification of related components and the selection of test cases are mainly concerned. The integration of selective regression testing techniques and the idea of concurrent programs reachability testing makes the framework be efficient. The adaptation of ESYN-sequence based test data coverage adequacy criterion improves the ability to find bugs. © 2006 International Federation for Information Processing.