Interface specification methods for software components

摘要

This work presents an interface specification language developed as a part of the LIME-project (LightweIght formal methods for distributed component-based Embedded systems). The intention is to provide a mechanism for specifying both external usage of a software component, as well as the internal behavior of a one. The described methodology is considered lightweight because there is no assumption of a complete model of a software component or its interface. The presented approach is an incremental description of properties that are at least expected to hold. The described approach can also be applied to a component which is already (completely or partially) implemented.