Applying 'design by contract'

The work

TitleApplying 'design by contract'
AuthorsBertrand Meyer
Typearticle
Year1992
Citekeymeyer1992applying

Where it appeared

Published inComputer
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Volume25
Issue10
Pages40--51

Identifiers

DOI10.1109/2.161279
OpenAlexW2052363833

Access

Landing pagehttps://doi.org/10.1109/2.161279

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.>

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@article{meyer1992applying,
  title = {Applying 'design by contract'},
  author = {Bertrand Meyer},
  year = {1992},
  journal = {Computer},
  volume = {25},
  number = {10},
  pages = {40--51},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
  doi = {10.1109/2.161279},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/2.161279},
}

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