Research Article

Mutation Analysis Approach to Develop Reliable Object-Oriented Software

Table 2

Mutation operator .

Operator Description Level

AOD Arithmetic operator deletion Method-level
COD Conditional operator deletion
LOD Logical operator deletion

IHD Information hiding deletion Class-level
IOD Overriding method deletion
ISD Super keyword deletion
OMD Overloading method deletion
JTD This keyword deletion
JSD Static modifier deletion
JID Member variable initialization deletion