Unlike for conventional compilers for imperative programming languages such as C or ADA, no establishedmethods for safeguarding artifacts generated by model-based code generators exist despite progress in the field of formalverification. Several test approaches dominate the engineering practice. This paper describes a general and toolindependenttest architecture for code generators used in model-based development. We evaluate the effectiveness of ourtest approach by means of testing optimizations performed by the TargetLink code generator, a widely accepted andcomplex development tool used in automotive model-based development.
['Ingo Stuermer', 'Mirko Conrad', 'Heiko Doerr', 'Peter Pepper']
Systematic Testing of Model-Based Code Generators