EiffelStudio

Abstract: The execution of untrusted bytecode (such as mobile code) can produce unwanted behavior. A proof on the bytecode programs can be generated to ensure safe execution. Automatic techniques to generate proofs, such as certifying compilation, can only be used for a restricted set of properties such as type safety. In this thesis we present a prooftransforming compiler for a subset of Eiffel to .NET CIL. In particular we introduce new translations of the Eiffel specific keywords and then and or else. Furthermore we formalized the translation of classes routines and attributes. To show the feasibility of the approach we developed an PTC and a corresponding interface in EiffelStudio.

Abstract: EiffelVision (EV) is an object-oriented framework for graphical user interface (GUI) development, created by Eiffel Software. EV is the main GUI toolkit for Eiffel and its major application is EiffelStudio [3]. EiffelVision is portable and currently runs on Windows and all major versions of Unix (using GTK+). A native version of EV for Mac OS X has been developed by Daniel Furrer [4]. However, it is only partially implemented and it is not usable yet.

Abstract: The second goal of this thesis is to integrate the Eiffel object browser standalone application (Ebbro [5]), completed with the capability to read and write both the serialization formats, into the EiffelStudio research branch, called EVE [4]. Scope of the work The aim is to extend EVE, the research branch of EiffelStudio with the ability to browse serialized objects, which can be in the dADL or binary format, and write them back after having changed the values of some elementary fields.

Abstract: Key aspects of software development, in particular testing and debugging, still commonly rely on manual techniques. If the programs contain enough built-in correctness information, in the form of contracts, it is possible to automate some of the most tedious and error-prone aspects of testing, and even to perform corrections automatically. At both ETH and Eiffel Software we have developed such techniques and integrated them into Eiffel programming environments, in the form of tools for automated program testing and automated program fixing: the AutoTest and AutoFix frameworks. Some of the work is still research in progress, but many results have already been integrated in the production version of the EiffelStudio environment.