{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2293902915","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2483760.2483790","title":"Declarative mocking","display_name":"Declarative mocking","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-07-15","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2293902915","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2483760.2483790","mag":"2293902915"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2483760.2483790","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2483760.2483790","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000526078","display_name":"Hesam Samimi","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210139270","display_name":"UtopiaCompression (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/051d4q284","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hesam Samimi","raw_affiliation_strings":["UC Los Angeles, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"UC Los Angeles, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047311534","display_name":"Rebecca Hicks","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-971X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210139270","display_name":"UtopiaCompression (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/051d4q284","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rebecca Hicks","raw_affiliation_strings":["UC Los Angeles, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"UC Los Angeles, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026149584","display_name":"Ari Fogel","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9250-7172"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210139270","display_name":"UtopiaCompression (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/051d4q284","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ari Fogel","raw_affiliation_strings":["UC Los Angeles, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"UC Los Angeles, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014067492","display_name":"Todd Millstein","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2031-1514"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210139270","display_name":"UtopiaCompression (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/051d4q284","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Todd Millstein","raw_affiliation_strings":["UC Los Angeles, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"UC Los Angeles, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210139270"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":18,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"246","last_page":"256"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9977999925613403,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8778336644172668},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/executable","display_name":"Executable","score":0.7511881589889526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.7180814743041992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/java","display_name":"Java","score":0.6823959946632385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/unit-testing","display_name":"Unit testing","score":0.6023457646369934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.5049486756324768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/object-oriented-programming","display_name":"Object-oriented programming","score":0.41301167011260986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.21769964694976807}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8778336644172668},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160145156","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778586","display_name":"Executable","level":2,"score":0.7511881589889526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.7180814743041992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C548217200","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251","display_name":"Java","level":2,"score":0.6823959946632385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148027188","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q907375","display_name":"Unit testing","level":3,"score":0.6023457646369934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.5049486756324768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73752529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79872","display_name":"Object-oriented programming","level":2,"score":0.41301167011260986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.21769964694976807}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2483760.2483790","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2483760.2483790","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.371.150","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.371.150","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.hesam.us/mockspecs/mockspecs.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.380.4835","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.380.4835","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~todd/research/issta13.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":28,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W48995315","https://openalex.org/W1507539036","https://openalex.org/W1719056370","https://openalex.org/W1959256509","https://openalex.org/W1990568472","https://openalex.org/W1993509980","https://openalex.org/W2000651459","https://openalex.org/W2008685183","https://openalex.org/W2014309790","https://openalex.org/W2020367298","https://openalex.org/W2068292348","https://openalex.org/W2073359014","https://openalex.org/W2077118916","https://openalex.org/W2094160561","https://openalex.org/W2097347654","https://openalex.org/W2115261880","https://openalex.org/W2133251877","https://openalex.org/W2137723170","https://openalex.org/W2143492785","https://openalex.org/W2145303987","https://openalex.org/W2151519920","https://openalex.org/W2156865091","https://openalex.org/W2160282076","https://openalex.org/W2165247635","https://openalex.org/W2168617729","https://openalex.org/W2295387843","https://openalex.org/W4243882797","https://openalex.org/W6639260064"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W82161441","https://openalex.org/W1576042299","https://openalex.org/W1990602094","https://openalex.org/W2181943964","https://openalex.org/W1528423264","https://openalex.org/W4378234798","https://openalex.org/W1578809901","https://openalex.org/W2364856224","https://openalex.org/W2611825707","https://openalex.org/W1547394117"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Test-driven":[0],"methodologies":[1],"encourage":[2],"testing":[3],"early":[4],"and":[5,42,64,89,112,164,170,214],"often.":[6],"\"Mock":[7],"objects\"":[8],"support":[9],"this":[10,107],"approach":[11,108,126,163],"by":[12,216],"allowing":[13],"a":[14,80,90,187],"component":[15],"to":[16,31,46,104,118,130,157,165,177,192],"be":[17,119,205],"tested":[18],"before":[19],"all":[20],"depended-upon":[21],"components":[22],"are":[23,100],"available.":[24],"Today":[25],"mock":[26,66],"objects":[27,67],"typically":[28],"reflect":[29],"little":[30,70,222],"none":[32],"of":[33,50,62,115,147,161,182,200,209,212],"an":[34,128,131,144,175],"object's":[35],"intended":[36],"functionality,":[37,106],"which":[38,58],"makes":[39],"it":[40],"difficult":[41],"error-prone":[43],"for":[44,84,134],"developers":[45,75],"test":[47],"rich":[48],"properties":[49,213],"their":[51],"code.":[52],"This":[53],"paper":[54],"presents":[55],"\"declarative":[56],"mocking\",":[57],"enables":[59],"the":[60,85,98,116,125,159,162,179,210],"creation":[61],"expressive":[63],"reliable":[65],"with":[68,220],"relatively":[69,221],"effort.":[71,225],"In":[72,102],"our":[73],"approach,":[74],"write":[76],"method":[77],"specifications":[78,96,136],"in":[79,137,155,207],"high-level":[81],"logical":[82],"language":[83],"API":[86],"being":[87],"mocked,":[88],"constraint":[91],"solver":[92],"dynamically":[93],"executes":[94],"these":[95,201],"when":[97],"methods":[99],"invoked.":[101],"addition":[103],"mocking":[105,149,190],"seamlessly":[109],"allows":[110],"data":[111],"other":[113],"aspects":[114],"environment":[117],"easily":[120],"mocked.":[121],"We":[122,141,172,194],"have":[123,142],"implemented":[124],"as":[127],"extension":[129],"existing":[132,152],"tool":[133],"executable":[135,218],"Java":[138,153],"called":[139],"PBnJ.":[140,193],"performed":[143,174],"exploratory":[145],"study":[146],"declarative":[148],"on":[150],"several":[151,183],"applications,":[154],"order":[156],"understand":[158],"power":[160],"categorize":[166],"its":[167],"potential":[168],"benefits":[169],"limitations.":[171],"also":[173],"experiment":[176],"port":[178],"unit":[180,202],"tests":[181,203],"open-source":[184],"applications":[185],"from":[186],"widely":[188],"used":[189],"library":[191],"found":[195],"that":[196],"more":[197],"than":[198],"half":[199],"can":[204],"enhanced,":[206],"terms":[208],"strength":[211],"coverage,":[215],"exploiting":[217],"specifications,":[219],"additional":[223],"developer":[224]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-07-15T18:14:33.161393","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}