Symbolic PathFinder: symbolic execution of Java bytecode

  • Authors:
  • Corina S. Păsăreanu;Neha Rungta

  • Affiliations:
  • NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA;NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM international conference on Automated software engineering
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Symbolic Pathfinder (SPF) combines symbolic execution with model checking and constraint solving for automated test case generation and error detection in Java programs with unspecified inputs. In this tool, programs are executed on symbolic inputs representing multiple concrete inputs. Values of variables are represented as constraints generated from the analysis of Java bytecode. The constraints are solved using off-the shelf solvers to generate test inputs guaranteed to achieve complex coverage criteria. SPF has been used successfully at NASA, in academia, and in industry.