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This paper extends the mechanization of the refinement calculus done by von Wright in HOL, representing the state of a program as a graph instead of a tuple, in order to deal with object-orientation. The state graph structure is implemented in Isabelle, together with definitions and lemmas, to help the manipulation of states. We then show how proof obligations are automatically generated from the rCOS tool and can be loaded in Isabelle to be proved. We illustrate our approach by generating the proof obligations for a simple example, including object access and method invocation.
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Liu, Z., Morisset, C., Wang, S. (2011). A Graph-Based Implementation for Mechanized Refinement Calculus of OO Programs. In: Davies, J., Silva, L., Simao, A. (eds) Formal Methods: Foundations and Applications. SBMF 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6527. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19829-8_17
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