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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Qi Cheng Li, Beijing, CN;
Li Jun Mei, Beijing, CN;
Jian Wang, Beijing, CN;
Fang Quan Xie, Beijing, CN;
Zi Yu Zhu, Beijing, CN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a test case for a modified program. The method includes the steps of: obtaining a modification item that makes modification on a previous version of the program; locating the modification item after a first instrument and before a second instrument of a plurality of instruments inserted into the program; obtaining an execution path of the modified program that is between the first instrument and the second instrument and associated with the modification as well as a constraint set corresponding to the execution path; obtaining an execution result, outputted by the first instrument, of executing the previous version of the program using an original test case; and determining a test case applicable for the execution path based on the execution result and the constraint set. The apparatus corresponds to the method.