NDLI: Jazz2: a flexible and extensible framework for structural testing in a Java VM

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Jazz2: a flexible and extensible framework for structural testing in a Java VM

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Misurda, Jonathan Childers, Bruce R. Soffa, Mary Lou
Abstract	This paper describes a framework for structural testing in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), called Jazz2. The framework provides instrumentation, memory management, control flow analysis, and callback handling services for structural tests, such as branch and node coverage. Additionally, it has a language for the specification of how and where to test. These facilities allow for the efficient implementation of demand-driven and static testing techniques. Jazz2 supports an extensible test library, where new tests can be easily added. The paper describes the framework, its implementation, and evaluates how the framework interacts with a JVM, the Jikes Research Virtual Machine (RVM). We demonstrate the ease of implementing a structural test in Jazz2, extending the test library, and specifying the use of these tests with our language. Our experimental results show that Jazz2 has low overhead in both time and memory, and has minimal interaction with the RVM's garbage collector.
Starting Page	81
Ending Page	90
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450309356
DOI	10.1145/2093157.2093169
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2011-08-24
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Structural testing Demand-driven instrumentation Java programming language Code coverage Testing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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