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Generating Random Well-Typed Featherweight Java Programs Using QuickCheck

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Currently, Java is one of the most used programming language, being adopted in many large projects, where applications reach a level of complexity for which manual testing and human inspection are not enough to guarantee quality in software development. Even when using automated unit tests, such tests rarely cover all interesting cases of code, which means that a bug could never be discovered, once the code is tested against the same set of rules over and over again. This paper addresses the problem of generating random well-typed programs in the context of Featherweight Java, a well-known object-oriented calculus, using QuickCheck, a Haskell library for property-based testing.

Source: Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2019.04.002

Authors: Samuel da Silva Feitosa, Rodrigo Geraldo Ribeiro, Andre Rauber Du Bois

Institutions: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Language: English

Topic: Logic, programming, and type systems

Subfield: Software

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Awards: G1094477216, G8262246763