Extending the Java language for the prevention of data races

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Lee, Robert Honway, 1981-
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Martin Rinard.
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Abstract
This thesis presents a language extension for Java that ensures that type-checked programs will be free of race conditions. By adding parameterization to class types, this mostly static type-system allows programmers to write generic object code independent of the concurrency protection mechanism to be used to guard it. This added flexibility makes this extension more expressive and easier to use than other similar type systems. We will present the formal type system as well as our experience with implementing a compiler for this extension.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82).
 
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
 
Date issued
2002
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16847
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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