Transformation-Oriented Programming: A Development Methodology for High Assurance Software

Winter, Victor; Roach, Steve; Wickstrom, Gregory L.

doi:10.1016/s0065-2458(03)58002-0

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“…The closed nature of the SSP's execution environment enables the class loading activities of the SSP to be performed statically, prior to execution. Under these conditions, the functionality of a class loader is well suited to a transformation-oriented implementation [Winter et al 2003]. This section gives an overview of the strategic programming language TL, which we will use to implement an abstract version of the class loader core.…”

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A transformational perspective into the core of an abstract class loader for the SSP

Winter

Beranek

Fraij

et al. 2006

ACM Trans. Embed. Comput. Syst.

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The SSP is a hardware implementation of a subset of the JVM for use in high-consequence embedded applications. In this context, a majority of the activities belonging to class loading, as it is defined in the specification of the JVM, can be performed statically. Static class loading has the net result of dramatically simplifying the design of the SSP, as well as increasing its performance. Because of the high consequence nature of its applications, strong evidence must be provided that all aspects of the SSP have been implemented correctly. This includes the class loader. This article explores the possibility of formally verifying a class loader for the SSP implemented in the strategic programming language TL. Specifically, an implementation of the core activities of an abstract class loader is presented and its verification in ACL2 is considered.

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A transformational perspective into the core of an abstract class loader for the SSP

Winter

Beranek

Fraij

et al. 2006

ACM Trans. Embed. Comput. Syst.

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“…The closed nature of the SSP's execution environment enables the class loading activities of the SSP to be performed statically, prior to execution. Under these conditions, the functionality of a class loader is well suited to a transformationoriented implementation [25]. This section gives an overview of the strategic programming language TL which we will use to implement an abstract version of the class loader core.…”

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An abstract class loader for the SSP and its implementation in TL.

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Winter

Fraij

et al. 2004

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The SSP is a hardware implementation of a subset of the JVM for use in high consequence embedded applications. In this context, a majority of the activities belonging to class loading, as it is defined in the specification of the JVM, can be performed statically. Static class loading has the net result of dramatically simplifying the design of the SSP as well as increasing its performance. Due to the high consequence nature of its applications, strong evidence must be provided that all aspects of the SSP have been implemented correctly. This includes the class loader. This article explores the possibility of formally verifying a class loader for the SSP implemented in the strategic programming language TL. Specifically, an implementation of the core activities of an abstract class loader is presented and its verification in ACL2 is considered.

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“…The manipulation of software artifacts such as specifications and program source code through rewriting is an active area of research [3][5] [7][13] [14][23] [27][24] [30]. Driving this research is the idea that the repeated application of a set of simple rewrite rules can effect a major change in a software artifact.…”

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confidence: 99%