An object oriented approach towards dynamic data flow analysis

A. Cain; T. Y. Chen; D. D. Grant; F. C. Kuo; J. G. Schneider

doi:10.1109/QSIC.2008.18

An object oriented approach towards dynamic data flow analysis

A. Cain
, T. Y. Chen
, D. D. Grant
, F. C. Kuo
, J. G. Schneider

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Dynamic data flow analysis is a testing technique that has been successfully used for many procedural programming languages. However, for Object-Oriented (OO) programs, previous investigations have still followed a data-oriented approach to keep track of the state information for various data elements. This paper proposes an OO approach to perform dynamic data flow analysis for OO programs. In this approach, a meta-model of an OO program's runtime structure is constructed to manage the data flow analysis for the program. An implementation of the model for the Java language is presented, illustrating the practicality and effectiveness of this innovative approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 8th International Conference on Quality Software, QSIC 2008
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	163-168
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9780769533124
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2008.18
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Quality Software 2008 - Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Aug 2008 → 13 Aug 2008 Conference number: 8th https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/4601512/proceeding (Proceedings )

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Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software
ISSN (Print)	1550-6002

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Quality Software 2008
Abbreviated title	QSIC 2008
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Oxford
Period	12/08/08 → 13/08/08
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/4601512/proceeding (Proceedings )

Keywords

Dynamic data flow analysis
Meta-level programming
Object-oriented programs
Program instrumentation

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Cain, A., Chen, T. Y., Grant, D. D., Kuo, F. C., & Schneider, J. G. (2008). An object oriented approach towards dynamic data flow analysis. In Proceedings - 8th International Conference on Quality Software, QSIC 2008 (pp. 163-168). (Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2008.18

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Cain, A, Chen, TY, Grant, DD, Kuo, FC & Schneider, JG 2008, An object oriented approach towards dynamic data flow analysis. in Proceedings - 8th International Conference on Quality Software, QSIC 2008. Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 163-168, International Conference on Quality Software 2008, Oxford, United Kingdom, 12/08/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2008.18

An object oriented approach towards dynamic data flow analysis. / Cain, A.; Chen, T. Y.; Grant, D. D. et al.
Proceedings - 8th International Conference on Quality Software, QSIC 2008. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2008. p. 163-168 (Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software).

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