Exploring with State Models
Now that you have a state model, you can use it as a guide. You can use your map to help you identify all the ways to get from State A to State B and to identify all the events that you can trigger in an attempt to interrupt the states. For that matter, you can use it to identify opportunities to find memory leaks or other bad behavior by cycling through event loops.
All the Ways
Discovering all the ways to get from one state to another can help you identify new ways of interacting with your software.
Consider a state model that can apply to absolutely any software system anywhere:
At some point the system is Off. ...
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