Allowing State Changes in Specifications

  • Mike Barnett ,
  • David A. Naumann ,
  • Wolfram Schulte ,
  • Qi Sun

ETRICS |

Published by Springer

We provide a static analysis (using both dataflow analysis and theorem proving) to allow state changes within specifications. This can be used for specification languages that share the same expression sub-language with an implementation language so that method calls can appear in preconditions, postconditions, and object invariants without violating the soundness of the system.