Javalanche: efficient mutation testing for Java

Abstract

To assess the quality of a test suite, one can use mutation testing - seeding artificial defects (mutations) into the program and checking whether the test suite finds them. Javalanche is an open source framework for mutation testing Java programs with a special focus on automation, efficiency, and effectiveness. In particular, Javalanche assesses the impact of individual mutations to effectively weed out equivalent mutants; it has been demonstrated to work on programs with up to 100,000 lines of code.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Schuler-Zeller:FSE09,
  author    = {David Schuler and
               Andreas Zeller},
  title     = {Javalanche: efficient mutation testing for Java},
  booktitle = {{ESEC/SIGSOFT} {FSE}},
  pages     = {297--298},
  publisher = {{ACM}},
  year      = {2009},
}

Javalanche: efficient mutation testing for Java

Abstract

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