Formal Syntax and Semantics of Java: 1523 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1523) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540661581 ISBN 13: 9783540661580

Publisher: Springer, 1999

Synopsis

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.

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Formal Syntax and Semantics of Java Although Java has its roots in the Web, it is a high-level language that can provide users with a wide range of functionality and versatility. This survey is devoted to the syntax and semantics of Java from a formal-methods point of view.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 3540661581
• ISBN 13: 9783540661580
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 420
• Editor: Alves-Foss Jim