Java and the Java Virtual Machine : Definition, Verification, Validation /

This book provides a high-level description, together with a mathematical and an experimental analysis, of Java and of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), including a standard compiler of Java programs to JVM code and the security critical bytecode verifier component of the JVM. The description is struc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stärk, Robert F.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schmid, Joachim, Börger, Egon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book provides a high-level description, together with a mathematical and an experimental analysis, of Java and of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), including a standard compiler of Java programs to JVM code and the security critical bytecode verifier component of the JVM. The description is structured into language layers and machine components. It comes with a natural executable refinement which can be used for testing code. The method developed for this purpose is based on Abstract State Machines (ASMs) and can be applied to other virtual machines and to other programming languages as well. The book is written for advanced students and for professionals and practitioners in research and development who need for their work a complete and transparent definition and an executable model of the language and of the virtual machine underlying its intended implementation.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 392 pages 84 illustrations)
ISBN:9783642594953 (electronic bk.)
3642594956 (electronic bk.)