A Methodology for Unit Testing Actors in Proprietary Discrete Event Based Simulators
Abstract
This paper presents a dependency injection based, unit testing methodology for unit testing components, or actors involved in discrete event based computer network simulation via an xUnit testing framework. The fundamental purpose of discrete event based computer network simulation is verification of networking protocols used in physical--not simulated--networks. Thus, use of rigorous unit testing and test driven development methodologies mitigates risk of modeling the wrong system. We validate the methodology through the design and implementation of OPNET-Unit, an xUnit style unit testing application for an actor oriented discrete event based network simulation environment, OPNET Modeler.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA597397
Entities
People
- Kenneth M. Hopkinson
- Mark E. Coyne
- Scott R. Graham
- Stuart H. Kurkowski
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology