Compliance testing for wrapper-based API migration

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Submitted for publication

Authors
Thiago Tonelli Bartolomei and Krzysztof Czarnecki and Ralf Lämmel

Abstract
Wrapping is an established technique for API migration: the use of a given API within the system under migration is replaced by the use of a wrapper-based re-implementation of said API while using a different (preferred) API underneath. Except for some special cases, wrapper development is a craft. In particular, the compliance of a wrapper with the original API is hard to assess and guidance of wrapper development is very limited. In this paper, we describe a method for wrapper development that is essentially inspired by notions of scenario-based differential testing, API contracts as well as selective capture and replay of program executions. The method supports compliance testing of the wrapper under development against the original API; it guides the developer in improving compliance incrementally; it also allows for precise capture of unresolved differences between original API and wrapper. The method is evaluated by a study of wrapper development with different wrappers in the domains of XML processing, byte-code engineering, and GUI programming.

Bibtex entry 
@misc{Koloo12,
  author    = {Thiago Tonelli and
               Krzysztof Czarnecki and
               Ralf L{\"a}mmel},
  title     = "{Compliance testing for wrapper-based API migration}",
  year      = {2012},
  note      = "Online since 10 Feb 2012. 11 pages"
}

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