Extending JML Specifications with Temporal Logic

Run-Time Assertion Checking of Data- and Protocol-Oriented Properties of Java Programs: An Industrial Case Study

“…As in the previous work, an integration of protocol properties with assertions is not considered. Trentelman and Huisman [21] describe a new formalism extending JML assertions with Temporal Logic operators. A translation for a subset of the Temporal Logic formulae back to standard JML is described, and as future work they intend to integrate their extension into the standard JML-grammar which requires a corresponding new compiler.…”

Prototyping a tool environment for run-time assertion checking in JML with communication histories

“…Trace assertions are given in a CSPlike notation and a precompiler translating trace assertions into Java 5 Annotations is provided. Trentelman and Huisman [15] describe a new formalism on top of JML for assertions using Temporal Logic formulae. A translation for a subset of the Temporal Logic formulae back to standard JML is described, and as future work they intend to integrate their extension into the standard JML-grammar and develop a run-time assertion generator to accommodate runtime checking.…”

Modular verification of higher-order methods with mandatory calls specified by model programs

“…This functionality supports granular statement-level annotation of code with specification constructs. We particularly want to explore how this construct compares with temporal logic [20,24]. Model programs themselves can be used for more than just supporting client reasoning as we have demonstrated here.…”