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object oriented testing
subject			fact

object oriented testing	has example Writing methods within each class to act as drivers that will test the methods of that class Testing to ensure that the behaviour of a subclass is consistent with the behaviour of its superclass
	is a subtopic of 10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems
	is a kind of testing performed by software engineers
testing	can find defects whose consequences are obvious but which are buried in complex code, and thus will be hard to detect when inspecting
	involves thinking of what could go wrong without actually studying the software
	is complementary to inspecting
	requires attention to detail
process	see also process^2