Exception handling patterns for processes

Exception handling patterns can raise the abstraction level of processes, facilitating their writing and understanding. In this paper, we identify several useful, general purpose exception handling patterns and demonstrate their applicability in software development process definition. We present these patterns using the Little-JIL language, which incorporates an exception handling construct that allows corrective actions to be taken in the case of exceptions, and flexible ways of defining how the process should continue after handling the exception. Keywords. Exception handling, pattern, process language

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: SIGSOFT
• Authors: Barbara Staudt Lerner, Stefan Christov, Alexander E. Wise, Leon J. Osterweil
• Keywords: Exception Handling Construct, Exception Handling Patterns, General Purpose Exception, SIGSOFT 2008, Software Engineering