BPELDebugger: An effective BPEL-specific fault localization framework

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	BPELDebugger: An effective BPEL-specific fault localization framework
	Sun, Chang-Ai (1); Zhai, Yi Meng (1); Shang, Yan (1); Zhang, Zhenyu (2); Sun, C.A.(casun@ustb.edu.cn)
	2013
发表期刊	Information and Software Technology
ISSN	9505849
卷号	55 期号:12 页码:2140-2153
摘要	Context: Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is a widely recognized executable service composition language, which is significantly different from typical programming languages in both syntax and semantics, and especially shorter in program scale. How to effectively locate faults in BPEL programs is an open and challenging problem. Objective: In this paper, we propose a fault localization framework for BPEL programs. Method: Based on BPEL program characteristics, we propose two fault localization guidelines to locate the integration and interaction faults in BPEL programs. Our framework formulates the BPEL fault localization problem using the popular fault localization problem settings, and synthesizes BPEL-specific fault localization techniques by reuse of existing fault localization formulas. We use two realistic BPEL programs and three existing fault localization formulas to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed fault localization framework and guidelines. Result: Experiment results show that faults can be located with the fewest code examining efforts. That is, the fault-relevant basic block is assigned the highest suspiciousness score by our fault localization method. The experiment results also show that with the use of the proposed fault localization guidelines, the code examining efforts to locate faults are extraordinarily reduced. Conclusion: We conclude that the proposed framework is feasible in synthesizing effective fault localization techniques, and our fault localization guidelines are very effective to enhance existing fault localization techniques in locating faults in BPEL programs. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.; Context: Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is a widely recognized executable service composition language, which is significantly different from typical programming languages in both syntax and semantics, and especially shorter in program scale. How to effectively locate faults in BPEL programs is an open and challenging problem. Objective: In this paper, we propose a fault localization framework for BPEL programs. Method: Based on BPEL program characteristics, we propose two fault localization guidelines to locate the integration and interaction faults in BPEL programs. Our framework formulates the BPEL fault localization problem using the popular fault localization problem settings, and synthesizes BPEL-specific fault localization techniques by reuse of existing fault localization formulas. We use two realistic BPEL programs and three existing fault localization formulas to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed fault localization framework and guidelines. Result: Experiment results show that faults can be located with the fewest code examining efforts. That is, the fault-relevant basic block is assigned the highest suspiciousness score by our fault localization method. The experiment results also show that with the use of the proposed fault localization guidelines, the code examining efforts to locate faults are extraordinarily reduced. Conclusion: We conclude that the proposed framework is feasible in synthesizing effective fault localization techniques, and our fault localization guidelines are very effective to enhance existing fault localization techniques in locating faults in BPEL programs. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
收录类别	SCI ; EI
关键词	Service Compositions Bpel Fault Localization Fault Localization Guidelines Integration And Interaction Faults
部门归属	(1) School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China; (2) State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000326258100005
引用统计
内容类型	期刊论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/16899
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
通讯作者	Sun, C.A.(casun@ustb.edu.cn)
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Chang-Ai ,Zhai, Yi Meng ,Shang, Yan ,et al. BPELDebugger: An effective BPEL-specific fault localization framework[J]. Information and Software Technology,2013,55(12):2140-2153.
APA	Sun, Chang-Ai ,Zhai, Yi Meng ,Shang, Yan ,Zhang, Zhenyu ,&Sun, C.A..(2013).BPELDebugger: An effective BPEL-specific fault localization framework.Information and Software Technology,55(12),2140-2153.
MLA	Sun, Chang-Ai ,et al."BPELDebugger: An effective BPEL-specific fault localization framework".Information and Software Technology 55.12(2013):2140-2153.