Jumble Mutation - FBK | SE

Using Jumble for mutation testing
Installation
1. Download Jumble from http://jumble.sourceforge.net
2. Unzip the downloaded file to a folder, namely jumble_1_1_0
3. Inside the folder eclipseplugin > plugin-export, Copy or Move the folder jumble
to your Eclipse plugins folder: Eclipse > Plugins, or Eclipse > dropins > eclipse >
plugins
4. Restart Eclipse
Run default mutation testing
If you have (class to be mutated) and your test are in the same package;
and your test’s name follows this pattern: Test.java, then you can run
mutation testing with default setting as follows:
1. Right click on
2. Choose Jumble > Jumble Class
3. Look at the Console view to see the mutant score
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Run custom mutation testing
If you have (class to be mutated) and your test are in Different packages;
and your test’s name has an arbitrary name, then you can run mutation testing with a
small trick as follows:
1. Follow the step 1 and 2 of the default run (see previous section)
2. Customize the execution arguments of Jumble to specify your test class. In Eclipse,
go to Run > Run Configurations
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In the Arguments tab, put your after
For example: …. net.sf.jabref.BibtexDatabase tests.net.sf.jabref.BibtexDatabaseTest
3. Run and look at the console view for the mutant score
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