Table 11 μJava class mutation operator (adapted from Ma et al. (2005))
From: Correlating automatic static analysis and mutation testing: towards incremental strategies
Language feature | Operator | Description |
|---|---|---|
Inheritance (8) | IHD | Hiding variable deletion |
IHI | Hiding variable insertion | |
IOD | Overriding method deletion | |
IOP | Overriding method calling position change | |
IOR | Overriding method rename | |
ISI | super keyword insertion | |
ISD | super keyword deletion | |
IPC | Explicit call of a parent’s constructor deletion | |
Polymorphism (7) | PNC | new method call with child class type |
PMD | Instance variable declaration with parent class type | |
PPD | Parameter variable declaration with child class type | |
PCI | Type cast operator insertion | |
PCD | Type cast operator deletion | |
PCC | Cast type change | |
PRV | Reference assignment with other comparable type | |
Overloading (3) | OMR | Overloading method contents change |
OMD | Overloading method deletion | |
OAN | Argument number change | |
Java-Specific (6) | JTI | this keyword insertion |
JTD | this keyword deletion | |
JSI | static modifier insertion | |
JSD | static modifier deletion | |
JID | Member variable initialization deletion | |
JDC | Java-supported default constructor creation | |
Common Programming Mistakes (4) | EOA | Reference assignment and content assignment replacement |
EOC | Reference comparison and content comparison replacement | |
EAM | Accessor method change | |
EMM | Modifier method changes |