Botsing, a Search-based Crash Reproduction Framework for Java

Pouria Derakhshanfar; Xavier Devroey; Annibale Panichella; Andy Zaidman; Arie van Deursen

doi:10.1145/3324884.3415299

Botsing, a Search-based Crash Reproduction Framework for Java

Pouria Derakhshanfar, Xavier Devroey, Annibale Panichella, Andy Zaidman, Arie van Deursen

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Approaches for automatic crash reproduction aim to generate test cases that reproduce crashes starting from the crash stack traces. These tests help developers during their debugging practices. One of the most promising techniques in this research field leverages search-based software testing techniques for generating crash reproducing test cases. In this paper, we introduce Botsing, an open-source search-based crash reproduction framework for Java. Botsing implements state-of-the-art and novel approaches for crash reproduction. The well-documented architecture of Botsing makes it an easy-to-extend framework, and can hence be used for implementing new approaches to improve crash reproduction. We have applied Botsing to a wide range of crashes collected from open source systems. Furthermore, we conducted a qualitative assessment of the crash-reproducing test cases with our industrial partners. In both cases, Botsing could reproduce a notable amount of the given stack traces.
Demo. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6XaQjHqe48
Botsing website: https://stamp-project.github.io/botsing/

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2020 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2020
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Editors	John Grundy, David Lo, Claire Le Goues
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1278-1282
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-6768-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3324884.3415299
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE ’20), - Duration: 21 Sept 2020 → 25 Sept 2020 Conference number: 35

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Name	Proceedings - 2020 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2020

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Conference	35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE ’20),
Abbreviated title	ASE ’20
Period	21/09/20 → 25/09/20
Other	Virtual/online event due to COVID-19

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Search-based software testing
crash reproduction
Botsing

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Derakhshanfar, P., Devroey, X., Panichella, A., Zaidman, A., & van Deursen, A. (2020). Botsing, a Search-based Crash Reproduction Framework for Java. In J. Grundy, D. Lo, & C. Le Goues (Eds.), Proceedings - 2020 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2020: Proceedings of the 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (pp. 1278-1282). Article 9286108 (Proceedings - 2020 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2020). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3324884.3415299

Derakhshanfar, Pouria ; Devroey, Xavier ; Panichella, Annibale et al. / Botsing, a Search-based Crash Reproduction Framework for Java. Proceedings - 2020 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2020: Proceedings of the 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering. editor / John Grundy ; David Lo ; Claire Le Goues. New York : ACM, 2020. pp. 1278-1282 (Proceedings - 2020 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2020).

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