Validation of transformation from abstract state machine models to C++ code

S. Bonfanti, A. Gargantini, A. Mashkoor. Validation of transformation from abstract state machine models to C++ code. volume 11146, pages 17-32, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-99927-2_2, 9, 2018.

Autoren
  • Silvia Bonfanti
  • Angelo Gargantini
  • Atif Mashkoor
BuchTesting Software and Systems - Proc. ICTSS 2018
TypIn Konferenzband
VerlagSpringer
SerieLecture Notes in Computer Science
Band11146
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-99927-2_2
ISBN978-3-319-99926-5
Monat9
Jahr2018
Seiten17-32
Abstract

The automatic transformation of models to code is one of the most important cornerstones in the model-driven engineering paradigm. Starting from system models, users are able to automatically generate machine code in a seamless manner with an assurance of potential bug freeness of the generated code. Asm2C++ [4] is the tool that transforms Abstract State Machine models to C++ code. However, no validation activities have been performed in the past to guarantee the correctness of the transformation process. In this paper, we define a mechanism to test the correctness of the model-to-code transformation with respect to two main criteria: syntactical correctness and semantic correctness, which is based on the definition of conformance between the specification and the code. Using this approach, we have devised a process able to test the generated code by reusing unit tests. Coverage measures give a user the confidence that the generated code has the same behavior as specified by the ASM model.