Formal Syntax and Semantics of Java

by Jim Alves-Foss (Editor)

Overview

Java, undoubtedly, has its roots in embedded systems and the Web. Nevertheless, it is a fully functional high-level programming language that can provide users with a wide range of functionality and versatility. This thoroughly cross-reviewed state-of-the-art survey is devoted to the study of the syntax and semantics of Java from a formal-methods point of view. It consists of the following chapters by leading researchers: Formal Grammar for Java; Describing the Semantics of Java and Proving Type Soundness; Proving Java Type Soundness; Machine-Checking the Java Specification: Proving Type-Safety; An Event-Based Structural Operational Semantics of Multi-Threaded Java Dynamic Denotational Semantics of Java; A Programmer's Reduction Semantics for Classes and Mixins; A Formal Specification of Java Virtual Machine Instructions for Objects, Methods and Subroutines; The Operational Semantics of a Java Secure Processor; A Programmer Friendly Modular Definition of the Semantics of Java.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540661580
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	07/20/1999
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #1523
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	410
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Formal Grammar for Java.- Formal Grammar for Java.- Type Soundness.- Describing the Semantics of Java and Proving Type Soundness.- Proving Java Type Soundness.- Machine-Checking the Java Specification: Proving Type-Safety.- Semantic Approaches.- An Event-Based Structural Operational Semantics of Multi-threaded Java.- Dynamic Denotational Semantics of Java.- A Programmer’s Reduction Semantics for Classes and Mixins.- A Formal Specification of Java? Virtual Machine Instructions for Objects, Methods and Subroutines.- The Operational Semantics of a Java Secure Processor.- A Programmer Friendly Modular Definition of the Semantics of Java.