Enhancing ability of fault detection for component systems based on object interactions graph

Test case prioritization is a technique to schedule the test case in order to maximize some objective function. Early fault detection can provide a faster feedback generating a scope for debuggers to carry out their task at an early stage. In this paper, a method is proposed to prioritize the test cases for testing component dependency in a Component Based Software Development (CBSD) environment using Greedy Approach. The OIG (Object Interaction Graph) is traversed to calculate the total number of inter component object interactions and intra component object interactions. Depending upon the number of interactions, the objective function is calculated and the test cases are ordered accordingly. This technique is applied to the components developed in Java for a software system and found to be very effective in early fault detection as compared with non-prioritize approach. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.