An address mapping approach for test data generation of dynamic linked structures

Abstract

Software testing is an important technique to assure the correctness of the software. One of the essential prerequisite tasks of software testing is test data generation. This paper proposes an approach to generate test data specifically for dynamic pointer structures. In our context, a pointer is considered and handled as a location in memory, represented by a dynamic linear array that expands and shrinks during execution. As such, pointer test data can be directly generated from this linear array. The proposed technique can also support any dynamic structures, as well as homogeneous and heterogeneous recursive structures.