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Refactoring and Metrics for TTCN-3 Test Suites

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System Analysis and Modeling: Language Profiles (SAM 2006)

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Experience with the development and maintenance of test suites has shown that the Testing and Test Control Notation (TTCN-3) provides very good concepts for adequate test specification. However, experience has also demonstrated that during either the migration of legacy test suites to TTCN-3, or the development of large TTCN-3 test specifications, users have found it is difficult to construct TTCN-3 tests that are concise with respect to readability, usability, and maintainability. To address these issues, this paper investigates refactoring and metrics for TTCN-3. Refactoring restructures a test suite systematically without changing its behaviour. Complementary metrics are used to assess the quality of TTCN-3 test suites. For automation, a tool called TRex has been developed that supports refactoring and metrics for TTCN-3.

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  1. Software Engineering for Distributed Systems Group, Institute for Informatics, University of Göttingen, Lotzestr. 16-18, D-37083, Göttingen, Germany

    Benjamin Zeiss, Helmut Neukirchen & Jens Grabowski

  2. Motorola Labs, Jays Close, Viables Industrial Estate, Basingstoke, RG22 4PD, UK

    Dominic Evans & Paul Baker

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Zeiss, B., Neukirchen, H., Grabowski, J., Evans, D., Baker, P. (2006). Refactoring and Metrics for TTCN-3 Test Suites. In: Gotzhein, R., Reed, R. (eds) System Analysis and Modeling: Language Profiles. SAM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4320. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11951148_10

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