Unit Testing of Z Specifications

Authors:
Mark Utting;Petra Malik
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, The University of Waikato, NZ;Faculty of Engineering, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Venue:
ABZ '08 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Abstract State Machines, B and Z
Year:
2008

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Abstract

We propose a simple framework for validation unit testing of Z specifications, and illustrate this framework by testing the first few levels of a POSIX specification. The tests are written in standard Z, and are executable by the CZT animator, ZLive.