Abstract
Real-time systems are notoriously difficult to design and implement, and, as many real-time problems are safety-critical, their solutions must be reliable as well as efficient and correct. While higher-level programming models (such as the Real-Time Specification for Java) permit real-time programmers to use language features that most programmers take for granted (objects, type checking, dynamic dispatch, and memory safety) the compromises required for real-time execution, especially concerning memory allocation, can create as many problems as they solve. This paper presents Scoped Types and Aspects for Real-Time Systems (STARS) a novel programming model for real-time systems. Scoped Types give programmers a clear model of their programs’ memory use, and, being statically checkable, prevent the run-time memory errors that bedevil models such as RTSJ. Our Aspects build on Scoped Types guarantees so that Real-Time concerns can be completely separated from applications’ base code. Adopting the integrated Scoped Types and Aspects approach can significantly improve both the quality and performance of a real-time Java systems, resulting in simpler systems that are reliable, efficient, and correct.
Keywords
- Memory Management
- Memory Area
- Gate Type
- Scope Type
- Scope Structure
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Andreae, C., Coady, Y., Gibbs, C., Noble, J., Vitek, J., Zhao, T. (2006). Scoped Types and Aspects for Real-Time Java. In: Thomas, D. (eds) ECOOP 2006 – Object-Oriented Programming. ECOOP 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11785477_7
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