Avaliando suítes automaticamente geradas para validação de refatoramentos.

Abstract

Refactoring typically require regression testers to verify that the changes applied to the code have preserved the original behavior of the code. Generally, it is difficult to define a set of tests that is effective for this task, since refactoring is not the weight applied in isolated steps. Also, since refactoring issues can be combined with other issues, without code. In this sense, a generation of test cases can contribute to this task by systematically analyzing the code and defining a wide range of test cases that address different constructs. However, a number of studies are not available but are not very effective in detecting faults, particularly refactorings. Based on this, we present two empirical studies that have applied as Randoop and Evosuite tools to generate regression test suites, focusing on the edition of refactoring of the extract method type. Based on the results of the studies, we identified factors that can influence the performance of the tools to effectively test the edition. To validate our findings, we present a set of control models that associate a solution with the ability of the set of tests, of spoken faults related to the refactoring edition. And finally, we present a REFANALYZER, which is a tool that is a solution to what needs to be solved when it is automatically managed, to validate refactoring of the extract method type.