1. IWFST'2005, Shanghai Testing Aspect-Oriented Programs: Challenges and Opportunities Jianjun Zhao Department of Computer Science and Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University zhao-jj@cs.sjtu.edu.cn

2. IWFST'2005, Shanghai Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD)  AOSD is a new paradigm that supports separation of crosscutting concerns in software design and implementation Explicit mechanisms for capturing the structure of crosscutting concerns in software systems  exception handling, synchronization, performance optimization, and resource sharing Aspect-oriented languages and systems  AspectJ, hyper/J. composition filters, and adaptive method

3. IWFST'2005, Shanghai Why Testing Aspect-Oriented Programs?  The current research so far in AOSD is focused on problem analysis, software design, and implementation issues  Even though the important of software testing is known, it has received little attention in the aspect- oriented paradigm  Aspect-orientation does not provide correctness by itself  Aspect-oriented design and AOP language by no means shields against programmer ’ s mistakes or a lack of understanding of the specification  Software testing remains an important task even in AOSD

4. IWFST'2005, Shanghai Open Questions on Testing Aspect-Oriented Programs  How do we adequately test aspect-oriented programs?  How do we define testing criterions for aspect- oriented programs?  Are there ways to test aspects as units?  How do we test aspects that interact with a base program?  How do we test aspects that mutually interfere?  How do we test aspects whose effects must span more than one concern? ...