An Application of Model Seeding to Search-based Unit Test Generation for Gson

Mitchell Olsthoorn; Pouria Derakhshanfar; Xavier Devroey

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17

An Application of Model Seeding to Search-based Unit Test Generation for Gson

Mitchell Olsthoorn, Pouria Derakhshanfar, Xavier Devroey

Software Engineering

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Model seeding is a strategy for injecting additional information in a search-based test generation process in the form of models, representing usages of the classes of the software under test. These models are used during the search-process to generate logical sequences of calls whenever an instance of a specific class is required. Model seeding was originally proposed for search-based crash reproduction. We adapted it to unit test generation using EvoSuite and applied it to GSON, a Java library to convert Java objects from and to JSON. Although our study shows mixed results, it identifies potential future research directions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020
Editors	Aldeida Aleti, Annibale Panichella
Publisher	Springer
Pages	239-245
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-59762-7
ISBN (Print)	9783030597610
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020
Event	12th Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering - Online, Italy Duration: 7 Oct 2020 → 8 Oct 2020 Conference number: 12 http://ssbse2020.di.uniba.it

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12420 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	12th Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering
Abbreviated title	SSBSE 2020
Country/Territory	Italy
Period	7/10/20 → 8/10/20
Internet address	http://ssbse2020.di.uniba.it

Keywords

Case study
Model seeding
Search-based software testing

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Olsthoorn, M., Derakhshanfar, P., & Devroey, X. (2020). An Application of Model Seeding to Search-based Unit Test Generation for Gson. In A. Aleti, & A. Panichella (Eds.), Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020 (pp. 239-245). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12420 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17

Olsthoorn, Mitchell ; Derakhshanfar, Pouria ; Devroey, Xavier. / An Application of Model Seeding to Search-based Unit Test Generation for Gson. Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020. editor / Aldeida Aleti ; Annibale Panichella. Springer, 2020. pp. 239-245 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Olsthoorn, M, Derakhshanfar, P & Devroey, X 2020, An Application of Model Seeding to Search-based Unit Test Generation for Gson. in A Aleti & A Panichella (eds), Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12420 LNCS, Springer, pp. 239-245, 12th Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, Italy, 7/10/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17

An Application of Model Seeding to Search-based Unit Test Generation for Gson. / Olsthoorn, Mitchell; Derakhshanfar, Pouria; Devroey, Xavier.
Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020. ed. / Aldeida Aleti; Annibale Panichella. Springer, 2020. p. 239-245 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12420 LNCS).

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Olsthoorn M, Derakhshanfar P, Devroey X. An Application of Model Seeding to Search-based Unit Test Generation for Gson. In Aleti A, Panichella A, editors, Search-Based Software Engineering - 12th International Symposium, SSBSE 2020. Springer. 2020. p. 239-245. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59762-7_17

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