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what is path coverage?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 2 Last Update: October 05, 2007     Asked by: lavanya 
  
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December 28, 2006 00:10:36   #1  
jainbrijesh Member Since: September 2006   Contribution: 1193    

RE: what is path coverage?
Path coverage testing comes under white box testing.In path coverage we write test cases to ensure that each and every path has been traversed at least once.
 
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October 05, 2007 06:45:17   #2  
akbarali Member Since: October 2007   Contribution: 17    

RE: what is path coverage?
Path Coverage or Basic Paths Coverage is a white-box testing technique.

In this coverage the programmer runs the program so as to cover every statement of the program.

Following steps are involved in this
1.Draw a flow graph to indicate corresponding logic in the program.
2.Calculate individual paths in the flow graph.
3.Run the program in all possible ways to cover every statement.

 
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