Patent ID: 8959487
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of judging whether or not an integration test between or among software components is necessary, the software component being reusable software which can be used as a core asset for a software product line, the method comprising: a first step of acquiring corresponding information between a feature, which configures a feature model expressing characteristics of a group of products produced by the software product line, and a type and variations of each of the software components; a second step of producing, for each of the software components S a third step of producing, for each of the software components S a fourth step of designating two or more software components to be subjected to judgment for necessity of performing an integration test; and a fifth step of producing a necessity judgment formula by logical-product combining all the specific judgment formulas produced in the third step, for the software components designated in the fourth step; and a six step of judging whether or not the integration test is necessary, based on the necessity judgment formula such that the integration test is necessary when the necessity judgment formula is always FALSE and the integration test is not necessary when the necessity judgment formula shows unclearness as to TRUE or FALSE, or always shows TRUE.