Automatic Test Data Generation for XML Schema-based Partition Testing

• Published in: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Automation of Software Test p. 4
• Main Authors: Bertolino, Antonia, Gao, Jinghua, Marchetti, Eda, Polini, Andrea
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC, USA IEEE Computer Society 20.05.2007; IEEE
• Series: ACM Conferences
• Subjects: Application software; Applied computing > Document management and text processing > Document preparation; Automatic testing; Benchmark testing; Electronic design automation and methodology; Information systems > Data management systems > Database design and models; Information systems > Data management systems > Database design and models > Data model extensions; Prototypes; Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Software verification and validation > Software defect analysis > Software testing and debugging; Software testing; System testing; Theory of computation > Logic > Logic and verification; Web services; XML
• ISBN: 0769529712; 9780769529714
• DOI: 10.1109/AST.2007.6

We present the XML-based Partition Testing (XPT) approach for the automatic generation of XML instances from a XML Schema. The approach is inspired by the well-known Category Partition method for black-box testing. The generated instances can be used for inter-operability testing of applications that expect in input conforming XML instances, as well as for other interesting purposes, such as database population, XML Schema benchmarking, web services testing, and so on. The implementation of XPT in a prototype tool called TAXI is described. To limit the number of generated instances, TAXI also incorporates practical strategies for handling element weights and type values.