Applying "Design by Contract"

  • Authors:
  • Bertrand Meyer

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 1992

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Abstract

Methodological guidelines for object-oriented software construction that improve the reliability of the resulting software systems are presented. It is shown that the object-oriented techniques rely on the theory of design by contract, which underlies the design of the Eiffel analysis, design, and programming language and of the supporting libraries, from which a number of examples are drawn. The theory of contract design and the role of assertions in that theory are discussed.