Welch, P.H. and Martin, J.M.R. (2000) A CSP Model for Java Multithreading. In: 5th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Parallel and Distributed Systems (PDSE 2000), Jun 10-11, 2000 , Limerick, Ireland.
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| Official URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PDSE.2000.847856 |
Abstract
Java threads are synchronised through primitives based upon monitor concepts developed in the early 1970s. The semantics of Java's primitives have only been presented in natural language - this paper remedies this with a simple and formal CSP model. In view of the difficulties encountered in reasoning about any non-trivial interactions between Java threads, being able to perform that reasoning in a formal context (where careless errors can be highlighted by mechanical checks) should be a considerable confidence boost. Further automated model-checking tools can be used to root out dangerous states (such as deadlock and livelock), find overlooked race hazards and prove equivalence between algorithms (e.g. between optimised and un-optimised versions). A case study using the CSP model to prove the correctness of the JCSP channel implementation (which is built in terms of standard Java monitor synchronisations) is presented.
| Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | Threads, Monitors, CSP, Concurrency |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming, |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Computing |
| Depositing User: | Mark Wheadon |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2009 17:36 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2009 17:36 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/22014 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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