Coverage Plugin Architecture (PARADIGM-COV)
The architecture of the coverage plugin is illustrated in the image below.
Regarding each of the packages, they perform the following functions:
- “coverage” contains methods for realizing the several types of coverage analysis (model, script and execution coverage);
- “instrumentation” is responsible for all the functions regarding the instrumentation process and subsequent code coverage analysis;
- “dialogs” contains the dialogues used to interact with the user;
- “editors” implements the custom file editor used with code coverage analysis;
- “views” contains the custom Eclipse view used to display code coverage results;
- “helpers” encapsulates several methods to analyse model data and evaluate coverage criteria compliance regarding several element types.