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Verifying backwards compatibility of object-oriented libraries using Boogie

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Yannick Welsch,

Arnd Poetzsch-HeffterAuthors Info & Claims

FTfJP '12: Proceedings of the 14th Workshop on Formal Techniques for Java-like Programs

Pages 35 - 41

https://doi.org/10.1145/2318202.2318209

Published: 12 June 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Proving that a library is backwards compatible to an older version can be challenging, as the internal representation of the libraries might completely differ and the clients of the library are usually unknown. This is especially difficult in the setting of object-oriented programs with complex heaps and callbacks. Mechanical verification is a key success factor to make such proofs practicable.

In this paper, we present a technique to verify the backwards compatibility or equivalence of class libraries in the setting of unknown program contexts. For a number of textbook examples we have formulated the verification conditions as input to the Boogie program verification system and validated the approach.

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Verifying backwards compatibility of object-oriented libraries using Boogie
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Formal language definitions
      1. Semantics
2. Theory of computation
  1. Semantics and reasoning
    1. Program reasoning
      1. Program verification
    2. Program semantics

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FTfJP '12: Proceedings of the 14th Workshop on Formal Techniques for Java-like Programs

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ISBN:9781450312721

DOI:10.1145/2318202

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