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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 | |
| Source | Information and Software Technology
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| ISSN | 9505849 |
| Volume | 55Issue:12Pages:2140-2153 |
| English Abstract | 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. |
| Indexed Type | SCI ; EI |
| Keyword | Service Compositions Bpel Fault Localization Fault Localization Guidelines Integration And Interaction Faults |
| Department | (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 |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000326258100005 |
| Citation statistics | |
| Content Type | 期刊论文 |
| URI | http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/16899 |
| Collection | 中国科学院软件研究所 |
| Corresponding Author | Sun, C.A.(casun@ustb.edu.cn) |
| Recommended Citation 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. |
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