EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems 
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 310147, 18 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/310147
Research Article

Formal Analysis Tools for the Synchronous Aspect Language Larissa

David Stauch

Verimag, Centre Équation 2, Avenue de Vignate, 38610 Gières, France

Received 17 September 2007; Accepted 18 April 2008

Recommended by Michael Mendler

Abstract

We present two tools for the formal analysis of the aspect language Larissa, which extends the simple synchronous language Argos. The first tool concerns the combination of design-by-contract with Larissa aspects, and shows how we can apply an aspect not only to a program, but to a specification of programs in form of a contract, and obtain a new contract. The second concerns aspect interferences, that is, aspects that influence each other in an unintended way if they are applied to the same program. We present a way to weave aspects in a less conflict-prone manner, and a means to detect remaining conflicts statically. These tools are quite powerful, compared to those available for other aspect languages.