Developing a Testing Strategy for Pattern-oriented Software.

作     者：Wahab Ismael 

作者单位：湖南大学 

学位级别：硕士

导师姓名：Zhang Da Fang

授予年度：2006年

学科分类：08[工学] 0835[工学-软件工程] 081202[工学-计算机软件与理论] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主      题：collection Observer Console private string client Template correctly Command builder 

摘      要：Software Design Patterns have been used to develop complex software systems, which are easy to maintain and reuse for over a decade now. Despite their widespread use in software design and development, the testing of pattern-oriented software has been largely neglected. Software testing is an integral part of the software development process and this is also very true for pattern-oriented software. To ensure that the software community gets maximum benefits from the use of design patterns in their projects an equally elaborate mechanism, set of guidelines and strategy for testing such software developed using the patterns must also be put in place. However, for now, there is very little research that has been conducted in the field of pattern-oriented software testing. This is thesis is intended to be a modest and humble contribution towards alleviating this acute lack of research in an otherwise very important aspect of pattern-oriented software development. I intend to consider issues that are pertinent to the testing of pattern-oriented software for each of the design patterns as described by the Gang of Four in their famous book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-oriented software. In the context of this thesis, pattern-oriented software refers to any software unit that has been developed by implementing one or more of the software design patterns described by the Gang of Four.