Generic Exception Handling and the Java Monad

We develop an equational definition of exception monads that characterizes Moggi’s exception monad transformer. This axiomatization is then used to define an extension of previously described monadindependent computational logics by abnormal termination. Instantiating this generic formalism with the Java monad used in the LOOP project yields in particular the known Hoare calculi with abnormal termination and JML’s method specifications; this opens up the possibility of extending these formalisms by hitherto missing computational features such as I/O and nondeterminism.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: AMAST
• Authors: Lutz Schröder, Till Mossakowski
• Keywords: Abnormal Termination, AMAST 2004, Exception Monad, Moggi’s Exception Monad, Software Engineering