Debugging Behavioral Programs Using Models@run.time
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Abstract
Behavioral programming is a paradigm that allows to develop software based on scenarios and use cases. Behavior is implemented in asynchronous threads (b-threads) that run concurrently with each other and use event-based mechanisms to communicate and effect the overall system state. While the approach enables a natural and incremental development process, with a growing number of threads it gets increasingly harder to comprehend the system's state changes. In this paper, we address this problem with a debugger for behavioral programs. The debugger increases program comprehension by providing a clear overview of the system state as well as debugging-specific control capabilities such as breakpoints and advanced techniques like time-traveling and trace-comparison. For this, we utilize a runtime model of the system's state that is causally connected to the running system. We evaluate our approach using two case studies from literature.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2024 50th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 160-167 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (electronic) | 979-8-3503-8026-2 |
ISBN (print) | 979-8-3503-8027-9 |
Publication status | Published - 30 Aug 2024 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Publication series
Series | Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) |
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ISSN | 2640-592X |
Conference
Title | 50th Euromicro Conference Series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications |
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Abbreviated title | SEAA 2024 |
Conference number | 50 |
Duration | 28 - 30 August 2024 |
Website | |
Location | Sorbonne University |
City | Paris |
Country | France |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0003-1537-7815/work/175749240 |
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Scopus | 85218629793 |
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Keywords
- Computer bugs, Debugging, Event detection, Programming, Prototypes, Runtime, Servers, Software, behavioral programming, Debugging, models@run.time