PseudoSweep: A pseudo-tested code identifier

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1. PseudoSweep A Pseudo-Tested Code Identifier Megan Maton, Gregory M. Kapfhammer, Phil McMinn
2. PseudoSweep Finds Pseudo-tested Code in Java 8–11 Projects Use with Gradle or Maven Projects 2 https://maven.apache.org/ https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/userguide.html
3. Pseudo-tested Code 3 Code that is executed by the test suite, yet when removed, the test suite continues to pass.
4. Identifying pseudo-tested code 4 Production Code Test Suite
5. Identifying pseudo-tested code 5 Production Code Test Suite ⟳
6. Identifying pseudo-tested code 6 Production Code Test Suite ⟳
7. Identifying pseudo-tested code 7 Production Code Test Suite ⟳
8. Identifying pseudo-tested code 8 Production Code Test Suite ⟳
9. Identifying pseudo-tested code 9 Production Code Test Suite ⟳
10. Identifying pseudo-tested code 10 Production Code Test Suite ✅
11. Identifying pseudo-tested code 11 Production Code Test Suite ⟳
12. Identifying pseudo-tested code 12 Production Code Test Suite ⟳ ✅ The test suite didnʼt notice the missing statement…
13. PseudoSweep reveals these pseudo-tested statements 13
14. Using PseudoSweep 14
16. 1. Instrument Original Instrumented 16
18. 2. Sweep 18 Production Code Test Suite ⟳ ⟳ ✅ ❌
20. 3. Analyze 20 Results Elements
22. 4. Restore Original Instrumented 22
23. Solutions 23 Add assertions Add behaviour specific tests Remove redundant code
24. https://github.com/PseudoTested/PseudoSweep 24