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The Operational Semantics of a Java Secure Processor

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A formal specification of a Java Secure Processor is presented, which is mechanically checked for type consistency, well formedness and operational conservativity. The specification is executable and it is used to animate and study the behaviour of sample Java programs. The purpose of the semantics is to document the behaviour of the complete JSP for the benefit of implementors.

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  1. Dept. of Electronics and Computer Science, Univ. of Southampton, UK

    Pieter H. Hartel & Michael J. Butler

  2. JavaSoft, Inc. A Sun Microsystems, Inc Business, Palo Alto, CA, 94043, USA

    Moshe Levy

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  1. Center for Secure and Dependable Software, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83844-1010, USA

    Jim Alves-Foss

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Hartel, P.H., Butler, M.J., Levy, M. (1999). The Operational Semantics of a Java Secure Processor. In: Alves-Foss, J. (eds) Formal Syntax and Semantics of Java. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1523. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48737-9_9

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