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A Safe Regression Testing Technique for Web Services Based on WSDL Specification

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Software Engineering, Business Continuity, and Education (ASEA 2011)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 257))

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Specification-based regression testing of web services is an important activity which verifies the quality of web services. A major problem in web services is that only provider has the source code and both user and broker only have the XML based specification. So from the perspective of user and broker, specification based regression testing of web services is needed. The existing techniques are code based. Due to the dynamic behavior of web services, web services undergo maintenance and evolution process rapidly. Retesting of web services is required in order to verify the impact of changes. In this paper, we present an automated safe specification based regression testing approach that uses original and modified WSDL specifications for change identification. All the relevant test cases are selected as reusable hence our regression test selection approach is safe.

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  1. Center for Software Dependability, Mohammad Ali **nah University (MAJU), Islamabad, Pakistan

    Tehreem Masood & Aamer Nadeem

  2. Department of Computer Engineering, Hannam University, Korea

    Gang-soo Lee

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  1. Multimedia Engineering Department, Hannam University, 133 Ojeong-dong, Daeduk-gu, Daejeon, Korea

    Tai-hoon Kim

  2. The Ohio State University, 470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, 43210-1275, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea

    Haeng-kon Kim

  4. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Mokwon University, 800, Doan-dong, Seo-gu, 302-729, Daejeon, Korea

    Heau-jo Kang

  5. Woosuk University, 565-701, Jeollabuk-do, Korea

    Kyung Jung Kim

  6. University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI, USA

    Akingbehin Kiumi

  7. School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

    Byeong-Ho Kang

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Masood, T., Nadeem, A., Lee, Gs. (2011). A Safe Regression Testing Technique for Web Services Based on WSDL Specification. In: Kim, Th., et al. Software Engineering, Business Continuity, and Education. ASEA 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 257. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27207-3_12

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