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A Practical Guide to Testing Object-Oriented Software
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A Practical Guide to Testing Object-Oriented Software

by John D. McGregor, David A. Sykes
March 2001
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
10h 27m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Testing Abstract Classes

We usually expect the root class of an inheritance hierarchy—and even some of its direct descendents—to be abstract. In this section, we discuss possible ways of testing abstract classes, such as Sprite and MovableSprite. Execution-based testing of classes requires that an instance of the class be constructed. Most object-oriented programming languages, including C++ and Java, support syntax for identifying abstract classes. Language semantics generally preclude instances of abstract classes from being created. This presents a problem for testing because we cannot create the instances we need. We have identified some different approaches to testing abstract classes. Each has strengths and drawbacks. We present these approaches ...

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