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Event-based aspect-oriented programming (EAOP) model allows to systematically treat relationship between point-cuts and to execute aspects whenever receiving events emitted by the base program. However, this model neither comes with formal specification nor provides any mechanism to verify its properties formally. In this paper, we propose a model-based method based on Event-B formal method to analyze an EAOP application. First, we specify its components in Event-B notations where we make use of Event-B refinement mechanism to model the base and the monitoring programs. After that, we exploit Event-B generated proof obligations to check if the application constraints are affected by aspect cross-cuts. Finally, the proposed method is illustrated in detail with an example.
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This work is partly supported by the project no. 102.03–2014.40 granted by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (Nafosted).
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Le, H.A., Truong, N.T., Nanthaamornphong, A. (2018). A Model-Based Method for Modeling and Verifying Event-Based Aspect-Oriented Applications. In: Theeramunkong, T., Skulimowski, A., Yuizono, T., Kunifuji, S. (eds) Recent Advances and Future Prospects in Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems. KICSS 2015. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 685. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70019-9_23
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