Extending the Java language for the prevention of data races

This thesis presents a language extension for Java that ensures that type-checked programs will be free of race conditions. By adding parameterization to class types, this mostly static type-system allows programmers to write generic object code independent of the concurrency protection mechanism to be used to guard it. This added flexibility makes this extension more expressive and easier to use than other similar type systems. We will present the formal type system as well as our experience with implementing a compiler for this extension.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Lee, Robert Honway, 1981-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Martin Rinard.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16847

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/16847