Analysis of tests of software programs based on classification of failed test cases

摘要

A solution is proposed for analyzing a test of a software program comprising a plurality of software components, the test comprising a plurality of test cases each one for exercising a set of corresponding exercised software components. A corresponding method comprises the steps of receiving an indication of each failed test case whose current execution has failed, retrieving a suspicion attribute of each failed test case indicative of a change to the corresponding exercised software components since a previous execution of the failed test case, retrieving a change attribute of each failed test case indicative of a change to the failed test case since the previous execution thereof, retrieving a regression attribute of each failed test case indicative of a regression of the failed test case since the previous execution thereof, and classifying each failed test case into a plurality of disjoint classes according to the corresponding suspicion attribute, change attribute and regression attribute.

主权项

1. A data-processing system comprising a processor, a memory, and a storage device, wherein the storage device comprises program code that is loadable into the memory and executable by the processor to perform steps of:
receiving an indication of each failed test case of a plurality of test cases whose current execution has failed; and classifying each failed test case into a plurality of disjoint classes according to a corresponding suspicion attribute, change attribute and regression attribute, wherein the suspicion attribute of a given failed test case is indicative of a change to a corresponding exercised software component since a previous execution of the given failed test case, the change attribute of the given failed test case is indicative of a change to the given failed test case since the previous execution of the given failed test case, and the regression attribute of the given failed test case is indicative of a regression of the given failed test case since the previous execution of the given failed test case.