de.rwth.swc.coffee4j.engine.manager

Interface CombinatorialTestManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicCombinatorialTestManager, CachingDelegatingCombinatorialTestManager

public interface CombinatorialTestManager

Defines a manager which can completely manage a combinatorial test including dynamic test generation (e.g fault characterization).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<int[]>	generateAdditionalTestInputsWithResult(int[] testInput, TestResult testResult) Generates additional test inputs based on results of previous test inputs normally generated by either generateInitialTests() or this method in a previous iteration.
List<int[]>	generateInitialTests() Generates all initial test inputs for execution.

Method Detail

generateInitialTests

List<int[]> generateInitialTests()

Generates all initial test inputs for execution. This should generate at least one test input if dynamic generation via generateAdditionalTestInputsWithResult(int[], TestResult) should be used, as most front-ends won't call generateAdditionalTestInputsWithResult(int[], TestResult) if this returned no test input.

Returns:

a list of all initial test inputs. It is not guaranteed that these test inputs don't contain duplicates

generateAdditionalTestInputsWithResult

List<int[]> generateAdditionalTestInputsWithResult(int[] testInput,
                                                   TestResult testResult)

Generates additional test inputs based on results of previous test inputs normally generated by either generateInitialTests() or this method in a previous iteration. For example, this functionality can be used to implement dynamic test input generation or fault characterization (or a combination of both).

Parameters:

testInput - the test input for which's result further test inputs should be generated

testResult - the result of the test input

Returns:

a list of additional test inputs generated based on the result of the given test inputs. This does not necessarily have to return any test inputs for each call