Automatic Test Value Generation for Ada

This article introduces novel tools to automatically generate pertinent Ada values in order to produce higher quality tests for Ada subprograms. A first tool will generate valid Ada values based on a structural analysis of the types of the parameters of the subprogram under test following various customizable strategies. Those values will then be filtered in order to satisfy the specifications of the subprogram, and new coverage criteria for executable specifications will be used to assess the relevance of the generated testsuite. This first set of values will then be used as seeds both for a fuzzing pro-cess, and a symbolic execution campaign, from which values of interest will be then extracted. This integrated process will enable users to generate a high value starting test corpus, which can then be expanded upon by domain-specific tests. © 2023, Ada-Europe. All rights reserved.