In this paper we focus on exploiting a specification and the structures that satisfy it, to obtain a means of comparing implemented and expected behaviours and find the origin of faults in implementations. We present an approach to the creation of tests that are based on those specification-compliant structures, and to the interpretation of those tests' results leading to the discovery of the method responsible for an eventual test failure. Results of comparative experiments with a tool implementing this approach are presented.
@article{arxiv.1303.1008,
title = {Testing Java implementations of algebraic specifications},
author = {Isabel Nunes and Filipe Luís},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.1008},
year = {2013}
}