Existing approaches to object-oriented system development are poorly integrated in several ways. This inadequate integration is ubiquitous and causes numerous inefficiencies in th...
Stephen W. Liddle, David W. Embley, Scott N. Woodf...
Abstract. We describe a methodology for developing and deploying distributed Java applications using a reflective middleware system called RAFDA. We illustrate the methodology by d...
Graham N. C. Kirby, Scott M. Walker, Stuart J. Nor...
Abstract. Plugins are optional components which can be used to enable the dynamic construction of flexible and complex systems, passing as much of the configuration management ef...
Abstract. The hiding of internal invariants creates a mismatch between procedure specifications in an interface and proof obligations on the implementations of those procedures. T...
We consider the problem of specifying combinations of data structures with complex sharing in a manner that is both declarative lts in provably correct code. In our approach, abst...
Peter Hawkins, Alex Aiken, Kathleen Fisher, Martin...