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Contradictory statements on testing object-oriented software exist in the literature. On one hand, e.g., Wirfs-Brock, Wilkerson, and Wiener state in [17] that testing object-oriented software is easier than testing non object-oriented software because of classification and encapsulation. On the other hand, e.g., Perry and Kaiser point to specific difficulties in testing object-oriented software, in particular due to inheritance [15].
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Overbeck, J. (1992). Test Activities for Object-Oriented Software Development. In: Liggesmeyer, P., Sneed, H.M., Spillner, A. (eds) Testen, Analysieren und Verifizieren von Software. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77747-9_15
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