Java and the Java Virtual Machine: Definition, Verification, Validation

Robert F. Stärk

ISBN 10: 3540420886 / ISBN 13: 9783540420880

Published by Springer, 2001

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hardback/cd-rom edition. 381 pages. German language. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-3540420886

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Title: Java and the Java Virtual Machine: ...

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis:

This book provides a high-level description, together with a mathematical and an experimental analysis, of Java and of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), including a standard compiler of Java programs to JVM code and the security critical bytecode verifier component of the JVM. The description is structured into language layers and machine components. It comes with a natural executable refinement (written in AsmGofer and provided on CD ROM) which can be used for testing code. The method developed for this purpose is based on Abstract State Machines (ASMs) and can be applied to other virtual machines and to other programming languages as well.The book is written for advanced students and for professionals and practitioners in research and development who need a complete and transparent definition and an executable model of the language and of the virtual machine underlying its intended implementation. The CD ROM contains the entire text of the book and numerous examples and exercises. "The Jbook gives the most comprehensive and consistent formal account of the combination of Java and the JVM." - Pieter Hartel and Luc Moreau in "Formalizing the Safety of Java, the Java Virtual Machine and Java Card, ACM Computing Surveys", 33(4):517-558, 2001. Section 6.2, page 540.

Review:

From the reviews:

"A professional Java programmer must know what his program exactly will do, if it is run on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). To help these professionals, the book presents a mathematical framework using the notation of Abstract State Machines (ASMs). ... it is addressed to professional software engineers and to advanced students who require a complete and exact definition of Java and of the behaviour of the JVM. With AsmGofer an interesting experimental system for program verification is available." (W. Brecht, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 978, 2002)