Testing aspect-oriented programming Pointcut Descriptors

Authors:
Otávio Augusto Lazzarini Lemos;Fabiano Cutigi Ferrari;Paulo Cesar Masiero;Cristina Videira Lopes
Affiliations:
ICMC/USP - São Carlos, São Carlos-SP-Brasil;ICMC/USP - São Carlos, São Carlos-SP-Brasil;ICMC/USP - São Carlos, São Carlos-SP-Brasil;University of California, Irvine
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on Testing aspect-oriented programs
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Pointcut Descriptors (PCDs) are used to specify sets of program join points with a common property where additional behavior should be applied. If PCDs are wrongly formulated, faults are injected into the program, because additional behavior will be applied to unintended join points or will fail to be applied to intended join points. In this paper we classify the types of faults that can occur in PCDs -- in terms of selected join points -- and present a two-step strategy to: 1) help the tester identifying extra join points selected by PCDs; and 2) help the tester identifying neglected join points that should be selected by PCDs in the first place. We focus on the first step but provide motivating examples and directions for both.