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Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 37th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2016 – Part II pp 213–223Cite as

Generating Source Code Templates on the Basis of Unit Tests

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This paper describes the solution for supporting Test-driven development (TDD) methodology with the help of code analysis and generation. By automation of the creation of stub implementation, it helps to accelerate the process of passing a red phase of Red/Green/Refactor (RDR) cycle. The tool described in the paper performs a semantic analysis of the test methods defined in a subjected Java class. It uses the information gathered during a process for further generation of unit stubs. The proposed solution describes the way in which the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) is analyzed by the statements tree decomposition. The paper also presents possible ways of preventing and resolving unit types conflicts. The tool used for stub generation of units was defined in one of the test methods implemented in a Log4J Java framework. The results obtained are compared to a real class definition, and possible ways for further extensions of the solution are suggested.

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  1. AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Av, 30-059, Kraków, Poland

    Mariusz Nyznar & Dariusz Pałka

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wrocław University of Technology Department of Computer Science, Wrocław, Poland

    Adam Grzech

  2. Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wrocław University of Technology Department of Computer Science, Wrocław, Poland

    Jerzy Świątek

  3. Department of Management Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocła Department of Management Systems, Wrocław, Poland

    Zofia Wilimowska

  4. Department of IT and Management, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wrocław University of Technology Department of IT and Management, Wrocław, Poland

    Leszek Borzemski

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Nyznar, M., Pałka, D. (2017). Generating Source Code Templates on the Basis of Unit Tests. In: Grzech, A., Świątek, J., Wilimowska, Z., Borzemski, L. (eds) Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 37th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2016 – Part II. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 522. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46586-9_17

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