@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7637, title = {COTT – A Testability Framework for Object-Oriented Software Testing}, author = {A. Goel and S.C. Gupta and S.K.Wasan}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {Testable software has two inherent properties – observability and controllability. Observability facilitates observation of internal behavior of software to required degree of detail. Controllability allows creation of difficult-to-achieve states prior to execution of various tests. In this paper, we describe COTT, a Controllability and Observability Testing Tool, to create testable object-oriented software. COTT provides a framework that helps the user to instrument object-oriented software to build the required controllability and observability. During testing, the tool facilitates creation of difficult-to-achieve states required for testing of difficultto- test conditions and observation of internal details of execution at unit, integration and system levels. The execution observations are logged in a test log file, which are used for post analysis and to generate test coverage reports. }, journal = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering}, volume = {2}, number = {12}, year = {2008}, pages = {4224 - 4231}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7637}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/24}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 24, 2008}, }