Automatically generating realistic test input from web services

Generating realistic test data is a major problem for software testers. Realistic test data generation for certain input types is hard to automate and therefore laborious. We propose a novel automated solution to test data generation that exploits existing web services as sources of realistic test d...

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Published in2011 IEEE 6th International Symposium on Service Oriented System pp. 13 - 24
Main Authors Bozkurt, M., Harman, M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.2011
Subjects
Educational institutions
Humans
Ontologies
Semantics
Service oriented architecture
Testing
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Summary:Generating realistic test data is a major problem for software testers. Realistic test data generation for certain input types is hard to automate and therefore laborious. We propose a novel automated solution to test data generation that exploits existing web services as sources of realistic test data. Our approach is capable of generating realistic test data and also generating data based on tester-specified constraints. In experimental analysis, our prototype tool achieved between 93% and 100% success rates in generating realistic data using service compositions while random test data generation achieved only between 2% and 34%.
ISBN:9781467304115
1467304115
DOI:10.1109/SOSE.2011.6139088