Abstract The Java Modeling Language (JML) can be used to specify the detailed design of
Java classes and interfaces by adding annotations to Java source files. The aim of JML is to …

Behavioral interface specification languages provide formal code-level annotations, such as
preconditions, postconditions, invariants, and assertions that allow programmers to express …

Testing involves examining the behaviour of a system in order to discover potential faults.
Given an input for a system, the challenge of distinguishing the corresponding desired …

This paper presents Korat, a novel framework for automated testing of Java programs. Given
a formal specification for a method, Korat uses the method precondition to automatically …

JML is a behavioral interface specification language tailored to Java (TM). Besides pre-and
postconditions, it also allows assertions to be intermixed with Java code; these aid …

JCrasher is an automatic robustness testing tool for Java code. JCrasher examines the type
information of a set of Java classes and constructs code fragments that will create instances …

Modern network security rests on the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer
Security (TLS) protocols. Distributed systems, mobile and desktop applications, embedded …

Unit testing is a common practice where developers write test cases together with regular
code. Automation frameworks such as JUnit for Java have popularised this approach …

Use cases are believed to be a good basis for system testing. Yet, to automate the test
generation process, there is a large gap to bridge between high-level use cases and …

This paper describes a technique that selects, from a large set of test inputs, a small subset
likely to reveal faults in the software under test. The technique takes a program or software …