The Object-Z Specification Language
Published on 31. December 1999
Book
Hardback
XIII, 146 pages
978-0-7923-8684-1 (ISBN)
Description
Object-Z is an object-oriented extension of the formal specification language Z. It adds to Z notions of classes and objects, and inheritance and polymorphism. By extending Z's semantic basis, it enables the specification of systems as collections of independent objects in which self and mutual referencing are possible.
The Object-Z Specification Language presents a comprehensive description of Object-Z including discussions of semantic issues, definitions of all language constructs, type rules and other rules of usage, specification guidelines, and a full concrete syntax. It will enable you to confidently construct Object-Z specifications and is intended as a reference manual to keep by your side as you use and learn to use Object-Z.
The Object-Z Specification Language is suitable as a textbook or as a secondary text for a graduate-level course, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.
The Object-Z Specification Language presents a comprehensive description of Object-Z including discussions of semantic issues, definitions of all language constructs, type rules and other rules of usage, specification guidelines, and a full concrete syntax. It will enable you to confidently construct Object-Z specifications and is intended as a reference manual to keep by your side as you use and learn to use Object-Z.
The Object-Z Specification Language is suitable as a textbook or as a secondary text for a graduate-level course, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.
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Series
Edition
2000 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIII, 146 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
418 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-8684-1 (9780792386841)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-5265-9
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Graeme Smith
The Object-Z Specification Language
Book
11/2012
Springer
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Content
1 Introduction.- 1.1 Motivation.- 1.2 Classes.- 1.3 Objects.- 1.4 Inheritance.- 1.5 Polymorphism.- 1.6 Case Study: Tetris.- 2 Semantic Basis.- 2.1 Object Identity.- 2.2 Objects.- 2.3 Modularity and Compositionality.- 3 Syntactic Constructs.- 3.1 Class Definitions.- 3.2 Visibility Lists.- 3.3 Inherited Classes.- 3.4 Local Definitions.- 3.5 State Schemas.- 3.6 Initial State Schemas.- 3.7 Operations.- 3.8 Predicates.- 3.9 Expressions.- 4 Language Definition.- 4.1 Meta-Functions.- 4.2 Global Paragraphs.- 4.3 Class Paragraphs.- 4.4 Operation Expressions.- 4.5 Predicates.- 4.6 Expressions.- 5 Concurrent Systems.- 5.1 Aggregation.- 5.2 Synchronization.- 5.3 Communication.- 5.4 Nondeterminism.- 5.5 Case Study: Hearts.- 6 Concrete Syntax.- 6.1 Specifications.- 6.2 Global Paragraphs.- 6.3 Class Paragraphs.- 6.4 Operation Expressions.- 6.5 Schema Expressions.- 6.6 Declarations.- 6.7 Predicates.- 6.8 Expressions.