Multi-agent Based Integrated Framework for Intra-class Testing of Object-Oriented Software

The primary features of the Object-Oriented paradigm lead to develop a complex and compositional testing framework for object-oriented software. Agent technologies facilitate the software testing by virtue of their high-level independency and parallel activation. This paper presents a Multi-Agent based approach to enhance the definition for class testing in object-oriented paradigm. The Integrated framework has been built on two existing testing techniques namely Mutation Testing and Capability Testing. In both the cases, testing is carried out at Autonomous Unit Level (AUL) and Inter-Procedural Level (IPL). Mutation Based Testing-Agent and Capability Assessment Testing-Agent have been developed for performing AUL testing and Method Interaction Testing-Agent has been developed for performing IPL testing.