Model-Based Trace-Checking
Model-Based Trace-Checking
Trace analysis can be a useful way to discover problems in a program under test. Rather than writing a special purpose trace analysis tool, this paper proposes that traces can usefully be analysed by checking them against a formal model using a standard model-checker or else an animator for executable specifications. These techniques are illustrated using a Travel Agent case study implemented in J2EE. We added trace beans to this code that write trace information to a database. The traces are then extracted and converted into a form suitable for analysis by Spin, a popular model-checker, and Pro-B, a model-checker and animator for the B notation. This illustrates the technique, and also the fact that such a system can have a variety of models, in different notations, that capture different features. These experiments have demonstrated that model-based trace-checking is feasible. Future work is focussed on scaling up the approach to larger systems by increasing the level of automation.
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Gruner, Stefan
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Gravell, Andrew M
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Ferreira, Carla
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Augusto, Juan-Carlos
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2003
Howard, Yvonne
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Gruner, Stefan
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Gravell, Andrew M
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Ferreira, Carla
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Howard, Yvonne, Gruner, Stefan, Gravell, Andrew M, Ferreira, Carla and Augusto, Juan-Carlos
(2003)
Model-Based Trace-Checking.
UK Software Testing Research II, University of York.
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Trace analysis can be a useful way to discover problems in a program under test. Rather than writing a special purpose trace analysis tool, this paper proposes that traces can usefully be analysed by checking them against a formal model using a standard model-checker or else an animator for executable specifications. These techniques are illustrated using a Travel Agent case study implemented in J2EE. We added trace beans to this code that write trace information to a database. The traces are then extracted and converted into a form suitable for analysis by Spin, a popular model-checker, and Pro-B, a model-checker and animator for the B notation. This illustrates the technique, and also the fact that such a system can have a variety of models, in different notations, that capture different features. These experiments have demonstrated that model-based trace-checking is feasible. Future work is focussed on scaling up the approach to larger systems by increasing the level of automation.
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Published date: 2003
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Event Dates: 4/9/2003
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UK Software Testing Research II, University of York, 2003-09-04
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Stefan Gruner
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Andrew M Gravell
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Carla Ferreira
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Juan-Carlos Augusto
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