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Daniel Jackson.
Benjamin, Zev (Zev A.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2010-03-25T15:01:16Z
2010-03-25T15:01:16Z
2009
2009
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53102
502446313
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-49).
This thesis reports on the implementation of a runtime verification system for object lifetime specifications. This system is used to explore and evaluate the expressiveness object lifetime specifications. Object lifetime specifications are program annotations that indicate, in terms of program execution, when objects should be reclaimed. Object lifetime specifications are designed to be used within the context of an object-oriented programming language with automatic storage reclamation (i.e., garbage collection). Our runtime verification system observes program execution and reports objects that are not re-claimed before the end of their specified lifetime. We implement our system with the Java Path Finder model-checking framework. JPF supports modeling non-determinism in programs. We leverage this support to verify all possible thread interleavings when checking user programs.
by Zev Benjamin.
M.Eng.
49 leaves
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Runtime verification of object lifetime specifications
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