Using ontology to generate test cases for GUI testing

  • Authors:

  • Han Li;He Guo;Feng Chen;Hongji Yang;Yuansheng Yang

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116023 Dalian, China.;School of Software, Dalian University of Technology, Development Area, 116620 Dalian, China.;Faculty of Technology (FoT), De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK.;Faculty of Technology (FoT), De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK;School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 116023 Dalian, China

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing is a knowledge-intensive process. In this paper, ontology is introduced to generate user-centric GUI test cases. First, GUI and non-GUI components are captured by reverse engineering techniques. Next, relations among GUI components are analysed and a GUI ontology is constructed by representing all analysed results. Then, test case generation rules are defined and used to simplify test cases. After that, a case study is demonstrated on a general communication application, which shows that the proposed approach is technically feasible and ontology can facilitate GUI testing by utilising knowledge of GUI systems and experience of testers.