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The design, implementation and testing of the exceptional activity of a software system are complex tasks that usually do not receive the necessary attention from existing development methodologies. This work presents a systematic way to deal with exception handling, from the requirement specification phase to the implementation and testing phases, in component-based software development. Testing activities are performed since the early stages of development, promoting an increase in the quality of the produced system. Our solution refines the Methodology for the Definition of Exception Behavior, MDCE, in the architectural design, implementation, and testing phases. Moreover, the proposed method was adapted to the UML Components process.
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da S. Brito, P.H., Rocha, C.R., Filho, F.C., Martins, E., Rubira, C.M.F. (2005). A Method for Modeling and Testing Exceptions in Component-Based Software Development. In: Maziero, C.A., Gabriel Silva, J., Andrade, A.M.S., de Assis Silva, F.M. (eds) Dependable Computing. LADC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3747. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11572329_8
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