| US 7,552,361 B2 | ||
| Software testing optimization apparatus and method | ||
| Glenn Norman Galler, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Mark Jen, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/610,944. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0148247 A1, Jun. 19, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 714—38 | 8 Claims |
| 1. A computer program product to optimize software testing by detecting and determining unnecessary test cases within a testcase
coverage matrix comprising a computer useable storage medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer program
product when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
generate a set of software testcases for testing a software product, each software testcase thereof configured to test at
least one line of source code of the software product;
create a testcase coverage matrix comprising testcase identifiers and source code line identifiers, each testcase identifier
thereof associated with a software testcase of the set of software testcases, the software testcase configured to test the
logic of an associated line of source code, and each source code line identifier thereof associated with a line of source
code;
select all software testcases associated with testcase identifiers of the testcase coverage matrix that uniquely correspond
to a source code line identifier;
mark source code line identifiers of the testcase coverage matrix that correspond to testcase identifiers of the selected
software testcases;
prioritize the software testcases associated with testcase identifiers corresponding to unmarked source code line identifiers
according to selected criteria, the unmarked code line identifiers corresponding to two or more testcase identifiers; and
select at least one software testcase associated with a testcase identifier that corresponds to at least one unmarked source
code line identifier, the at least one testcase having a highest priority, to determine an optimal set of testcases for software
testing.
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