An Aspect-Oriented Approach to Modular Behavioral Specification

Behavioral interface specification languages, such as Java Modeling Language (JML), can be used to specify the behavior of program modules. We have developed a behavioral interface specification language Moxa, an extension of JML. Moxa provides a new modularization mechanism called assertion aspect...

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Published in:Electronic notes in theoretical computer science Vol. 163; no. 1; pp. 45 - 56
Main Authors: Yamada, Kiyoshi, Watanabe, Takuo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V 19.09.2006
Subjects:
AspectJ
Assertion Aspect
Design by Contract
Java Modeling Language
Assertion Aspect
Java Modeling Language
Design by Contract
AspectJ
ISSN:1571-0661, 1571-0661
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Summary:Behavioral interface specification languages, such as Java Modeling Language (JML), can be used to specify the behavior of program modules. We have developed a behavioral interface specification language Moxa, an extension of JML. Moxa provides a new modularization mechanism called assertion aspect that can capture the crosscutting properties among assertions. In this paper, we briefly explain the notion of assertion aspects and the design of Moxa, and then we show an example specification. By comparing the specification to its JML counterpart, we show that the use of assertion aspects clarifies the large, complex specification and greatly simplifies each assertion in the specification.
ISSN:1571-0661
1571-0661
DOI:10.1016/j.entcs.2006.07.002