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Do null-type mutation operators help prevent null-type faults?
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Abstract
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| The null-type is a major source of faults in Java programs, and its overuse has a severe impact on software maintenance. Unfortunately traditional mutation testing operators do not cover null-type faults by default, hence cannot be used as a preventive measure. We address this problem by designing four new mutation operators which model null-type faults explicitly. We show how these mutation operators are capable of revealing the missing tests, and we demonstrate that these mutation operators are useful in practice. For the latter, we analyze the test suites of 15 open-source projects to describe the trade-offs related to the adoption of these operators to strengthen the test suite. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Lecture notes in computer science. - Berlin, 1973, currens
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Source (book)
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SOFSEM 2019 : Theory and Practice of Computer Science, 45th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, January 27-30, 2019, Nový Smokovec, Slovakia / Catania, Barbara [edit.]; et al.
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Source (series)
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Theoretical computer science and general issues (LNTCS); 11376
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Publication
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Cham
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Springer
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2019
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ISSN
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0302-9743
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1611-3349
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ISBN
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978-3-030-10801-4
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978-3-030-10800-7
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DOI
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10.1007/978-3-030-10801-4_33
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Volume/pages
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11376
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, p. 419-434
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ISI
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000612998100033
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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