THE VERIFICATION, VALIDATION AND TESTING OF OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS

This paper examines the need for testing class based, object oriented systems in a systematic way at the algorithmic, class and integration, system, and acceptance levels. The classical 'V' testing life cycle is used to show where and when traditional testing techniques are applicable, and where the system's object oriented nature prevents the traditional approach. The paper considers the problems encountered when testing object oriented systems and what is required from the environments used to test them.