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Formal Specification Techniques for Object-Oriented Programs

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Informatik ’97 Informatik als Innovationsmotor

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Specification techniques for object-oriented programs relate the operational world of programs to the declarative world of specifications. We present a formal foundation of interface specification languages. Based on the formal foundation, we develop new specification techniques to describe functional behavior, invariants, and side-effects. Furthermore, we discuss the influence of program extensions on program correctness.

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  1. Fern Universität, D-58084, Hagen, Germany

    Peter Müller & Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Informatik V, RWTH Aachen, D-52056, Aachen, Germany

    Matthias Jarke  & Klaus Pohl  & 

  2. Philips GmbH Forschungslaboratorien, Weißhausstr. 2, D-52066, Aachen, Germany

    Klaus Pasedach

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Müller, P., Poetzsch-Heffter, A. (1997). Formal Specification Techniques for Object-Oriented Programs. In: Jarke, M., Pasedach, K., Pohl, K. (eds) Informatik ’97 Informatik als Innovationsmotor. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60831-5_80

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