<s>
Parasoft	B-Library
C/C	I-Library
++test	I-Library
is	O
an	O
integrated	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
testing	B-Application
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
source	O
code	O
that	O
software	O
developers	O
use	O
to	O
analyze	O
,	O
test	O
,	O
find	O
defects	B-Error_Name
,	O
and	O
measure	O
the	O
quality	O
and	O
security	O
of	O
their	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
software	O
development	O
practices	O
that	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
development	O
testing	B-Application
,	O
including	O
static	O
code	O
analysis	O
,	O
dynamic	O
code	O
analysis	O
,	O
unit	O
test	O
case	O
generation	O
and	O
execution	O
,	O
code	B-Application
coverage	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
,	O
regression	O
testing	B-Application
,	O
runtime	O
error	O
detection	O
,	O
requirements	O
traceability	O
,	O
and	O
code	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
a	O
commercial	O
tool	O
that	O
supports	O
operation	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
platforms	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
on-target	O
embedded	B-Architecture
testing	B-Application
and	O
cross	B-Application
compilers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parasoft	B-Library
C/C	I-Library
++test	I-Library
is	O
a	O
combined	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
that	O
helps	O
developers	O
test	O
their	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
delivered	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
application	O
that	O
runs	O
from	O
the	O
command	O
line	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
plug-in	O
to	O
Eclipse	B-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
modules	O
in	O
the	O
set	O
assist	O
software	O
developers	O
in	O
performing	O
static	O
and	O
dynamic	O
analysis	O
,	O
creating	O
,	O
executing	O
and	O
maintaining	O
unit	O
tests	O
,	O
measuring	O
code	B-Application
coverage	I-Application
and	O
other	O
software	O
metrics	O
,	O
and	O
executing	O
regression	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
errors	O
that	O
C/C	O
++test	O
discovers	O
include	O
uninitialized	B-Error_Name
or	O
invalid	B-Application
memory	I-Application
,	O
null	O
pointer	O
dereferencing	O
,	O
array	O
and	O
buffer	B-General_Concept
overflow	I-General_Concept
,	O
division	B-Algorithm
by	I-Algorithm
zero	I-Algorithm
,	O
memory	B-Error_Name
and	I-Error_Name
resource	I-Error_Name
leaks	I-Error_Name
,	O
duplicate	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
dead	B-Application
or	O
unreachable	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++test	O
customers	O
include	O
Samsung	O
Electronics	O
,	O
Wipro	O
,	O
NEC	O
,	O
and	O
SELEX	O
Sistemi	O
Integrati	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
Lockheed	O
Martin	O
for	O
the	O
F-35	O
Joint	O
Strike	O
Fighter	O
program	O
(	O
JSF	O
)	O
Inomed	O
uses	O
it	O
to	O
achieve	O
IEC	B-Application
62304	I-Application
certification	O
for	O
their	O
medical	O
device	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
testing	B-Application
software	O
code	B-Application
coverage	I-Application
is	O
a	O
measure	O
of	O
which	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
have	O
been	O
executed	O
during	O
a	O
test	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
have	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++test	O
includes	O
options	O
for	O
line	O
coverage	O
,	O
meaning	O
has	O
the	O
line	O
been	O
executed	O
,	O
block	O
coverage	O
,	O
statement	B-Application
coverage	I-Application
,	O
path	B-Application
coverage	I-Application
,	O
decision	O
coverage	O
,	O
branch	B-Application
coverage	I-Application
,	O
and	O
simple	O
condition	O
coverage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regression	O
testing	B-Application
verifies	O
that	O
software	O
continues	O
to	O
operate	O
correctly	O
,	O
even	O
as	O
changes	O
are	O
made	O
and	O
new	O
versions	O
are	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++test	O
automatically	O
generates	O
tests	O
that	O
capture	O
the	O
current	O
state	O
of	O
an	O
applications	O
behavior	O
by	O
recording	O
what	O
happens	O
while	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
a	O
robust	O
regression	O
test	O
suite	O
is	O
especially	O
critical	O
in	O
areas	O
where	O
there	O
are	O
short	O
release	O
cycles	O
and	O
high	O
degrees	O
of	O
test	B-Application
automation	I-Application
such	O
as	O
agile	O
software	O
development	O
or	O
extreme	O
programming	O
,	O
to	O
help	O
insure	O
that	O
changes	O
are	O
n't	O
introducing	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
into	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++test	O
includes	O
a	O
lightweight	O
form	O
of	O
runtime	O
error	O
detection	O
that	O
is	O
suitable	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
including	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
target	O
board	O
or	O
host	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helps	O
find	O
serious	O
runtime	O
defects	B-Error_Name
such	O
as	O
memory	B-Error_Name
leaks	I-Error_Name
,	O
null	O
pointers	O
,	O
uninitialized	B-Error_Name
memory	I-Error_Name
,	O
and	O
buffer	B-General_Concept
overflows	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
metrics	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
help	O
determine	O
where	O
bug-prone	B-Error_Name
code	O
might	O
be	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
help	O
understand	O
maintainability	O
and	O
proper	O
construction	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++test	O
provides	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
software	O
metrics	O
including	O
traditional	O
counting	O
metrics	O
of	O
lines	O
,	O
files	O
,	O
comments	O
,	O
methods	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helps	O
developers	O
to	O
find	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
early	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
code	O
according	O
to	O
best	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
helps	O
create	O
code	O
that	O
is	O
less	O
susceptible	O
to	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
by	O
avoiding	O
potentially	O
dangerous	O
code	O
styles	O
and	O
constructs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Static	O
analysis	O
in	O
C/C	O
++test	O
includes	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
analysis	O
including	O
pattern-based	O
,	O
abstract	O
interpretation	O
,	O
flow	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
metrics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
helps	O
detect	O
code	O
responsible	O
for	O
memory	B-Error_Name
leaks	I-Error_Name
,	O
erratic	O
behavior	O
,	O
crashes	B-General_Concept
,	O
deadlocks	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
security	O
vulnerabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++test	O
comes	O
with	O
pre-configured	O
templates	O
to	O
assist	O
enforcing	O
static	O
analysis	O
rules	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
industry	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++test	O
keeps	O
track	O
of	O
your	O
testing	B-Application
and	O
links	O
it	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
requirement	O
system	O
,	O
source	O
control	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
bug	B-Error_Name
tracking	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
unit	O
testing	B-Application
is	O
to	O
make	O
sure	O
that	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
individual	O
pieces	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
work	O
properly	O
by	O
themselves	O
before	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
programming	O
languages	O
like	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
this	O
usually	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
file	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
files	O
that	O
all	O
perform	O
a	O
related	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unit	O
testing	B-Application
encompasses	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
tests	O
,	O
execution	O
of	O
tests	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
results	O
,	O
and	O
maintenance	O
of	O
tests	O
for	O
long	O
term	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
unit	O
testing	B-Application
is	O
often	O
associated	O
with	O
code	B-Application
coverage	I-Application
which	O
shows	O
exactly	O
what	O
lines	O
of	O
code	O
were	O
executed	O
by	O
a	O
test	O
,	O
both	O
functionalities	O
are	O
included	O
in	O
C/C	O
++test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C++test	O
helps	O
you	O
create	O
unit	O
tests	O
that	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
xUnit	B-Library
testing	B-Application
frameworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
tracing	O
functionality	O
that	O
lets	O
you	O
monitor	O
a	O
system	O
under	O
test	O
and	O
generate	O
test	O
cases	O
based	O
on	O
actual	O
paths	B-Language
and	O
data	O
used	O
during	O
the	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
functionality	O
to	O
handle	O
isolating	O
the	O
code	O
necessary	O
to	O
allow	O
it	O
to	O
function	O
without	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
stubbing	B-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
object	O
repository	O
to	O
store	O
,	O
share	O
,	O
and	O
reuse	O
software	O
objects	O
initialized	O
with	O
the	O
necessary	O
test	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stubs	B-General_Concept
allow	O
you	O
to	O
remove	O
dependent	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
full	O
application	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
database	O
or	O
API	O
but	O
still	O
run	O
the	O
application	O
as	O
if	O
the	O
component	O
were	O
still	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C/C	O
++test	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
necessary	O
stubs	B-General_Concept
to	O
run	O
your	O
code	O
in	O
isolation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
capability	O
to	O
alter	O
and	O
extend	O
test	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
is	O
provided	O
through	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
means	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
data	O
source	O
interface	O
that	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
read	O
test	O
inputs	O
from	O
files	O
,	O
spreadsheets	O
,	O
and	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tests	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
run	O
simultaneous	O
with	O
runtime	O
error	O
detection	O
turned	O
on	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
find	O
serious	O
programming	O
flaw	O
that	O
wo	O
n't	O
necessarily	O
cause	O
assertion	O
failures	O
during	O
testing	B-Application
but	O
are	O
likely	O
to	O
cause	O
software	O
instability	O
when	O
deployed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Execution	O
on	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
is	O
support	O
,	O
whether	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
host	O
,	O
target	O
,	O
or	O
simulator	O
,	O
including	O
cross-compilation	B-Application
,	O
loading	O
tests	O
to	O
the	O
target	O
,	O
and	O
loading	O
results	O
from	O
a	O
remote	O
execution	O
back	O
in	O
the	O
GUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parasoft	B-Library
C/C	I-Library
++test	I-Library
was	O
originally	O
introduced	O
in	O
1995	O
as	O
a	O
static	O
analysis	O
tool	O
based	O
on	O
guidelines	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
Effective	O
C++	B-Language
by	O
Scott	O
Meyers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
when	O
unit	O
test	O
creation	O
and	O
execution	O
was	O
added	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
C++test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
the	O
product	O
name	O
was	O
modified	O
to	O
include	O
both	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
to	O
reflect	O
what	O
languages	O
are	O
actually	O
covered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parasoft	B-Library
C/C	I-Library
++test	I-Library
won	O
Software	O
Test	O
and	O
Performances’	O
2008	O
Testers	O
Choice	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
best	O
embedded/mobile	O
test/performance	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
