Date of Award
3-2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Computer Science
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Scott A. Graham, PhD
Abstract
This research effort demonstrates hot swapping protocol implementations in OPNET via the building of a dependency injection testing framework. The thesis demonstrates the externalization (compiling as stand-alone code) of OPNET process models, and their inclusion into custom DLL's (Dynamically Linked Libraries). A framework then utilizes these process model DLL's, to specify, or “inject,” process implementations post-compile time into an OPNET simulation. Two separate applications demonstrate this mechanism. The first application is a toolkit that allows for the testing of multiple routing related protocols in various combinations without code re-compilation or scenario re-generation. The toolkit produced similar results as the same simulation generated manually with OPNET. The second application demonstrates the viability of a unit testing mechanism for the externalized process models. The unit testing mechanism was demonstrated by integrating with CxxTest and executing xUnit style test suits.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GCS-ENG-08-05
DTIC Accession Number
ADA479919
Recommended Citation
Coyne, Mark E., "Hot Swapping Protocol Implementations in the OPNET Modeler Development Environment" (2008). Theses and Dissertations. 2747.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/2747