MuClipse An open source mutation testing plug-in for Eclipse
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An open source mutation testing plug-in for Eclipse MuClipse is a wrapper for the JMutation System (MuJava), which performs Mutation Testing. It is an Eclipse plugin with runtime configurations and a view. Increased usability is provided using the features of the IDE.The Mutation ProcessOne iteration of the mutation process involves the creation of mutants, executing unit tests with mutants in the place of source code, and comparing the results of the mutants output to the results of the original (see above Figure).Mutants are modifications of source code that have been modified by mutation operators. The primary concept behind mutation testing is that modifying the source code of a given unit (or mutating it) should cause the test that operates on that unit to fail.If a class is mutated, it should cause the test cases to fail or produce different results than the original (except in the case of a false positive).If the mutation procedure reveals a true positive, the developer then knows that there is a weakness in his or her test code: if changing the code does not produce a test failure, the test is missing something. The developer studies how the mutant is different from the original, and tries to write a test that will catch this possible error, thus beginning a second iteration of the process. In this way, the mutation testing procedure helps the developer to create strong test sets.MuClipseThe Eclipse development environment provides many project management and development interfaces that greatly enhance designing and implementing a Java project. Specifically, it provides an API which makes performing mutation testing easier. MuJava, by Yu Seung Ma, Dr. Yong Rae Kwon and Dr. Jeff Offut, is a Mutation System for Java files. Using OJ, MuJava provides both a user interface and an API for performing mutation on existing Java classes. After performing either method-level or class-level mutations on specified Java classes, MuJava runs testcases on the original classes and again on the mutants and compares the result, thereby implementing the Mutation Process described above. MuClipse is an Eclipse Plugin which provides a bridge between the existing MuJava API and the Eclipse Workbench.MuClipse is a reincarnation of the MuJava tool in the form of an Eclipse plug in. The mutation process requires a large amount of meta-language manipulation. Since mutation operators act on the source code, the produced mutant has to then be compiled before it can be run against the test cases. In addition, mutation testing requires that the mutant's source code not be on the Java classpath if you are attempting to "kill" it. Both of these steps require very specific Java runtime settings, which are handled by the configurations that come with the MuClipse installation.MuClipse provides advances for the MuJava system in the areas of usability and compatibility. Requirements: · Eclipse What's New in This Release: · The newest version of MuClipse is available from the update site. This latest release works with Eclipse v3.3 and Eclipse v3.4 (Ganymede). Several other bugs which were bothering users have been fixed, including issues executing test cases. Please read the Project Setup page very carefully before download. · IMPORTANT: Many issues which were encountered in earlier versions of MuClipse have been resolved, however one major one remains: MuClipse does NOT work with Java v1.5 code features. If you have code which is Java v1.4.2-compliant (an easy thing to check) you can still use MuClipse. Otherwise, please refrain from downloading.

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