An Aspect-Oriented Approach for Assertion Verification

Assertions or formal program specifications are fundamental to build more reliable software. One of the most important applications of assertions is found in the design by contract metaphor: pre-conditions, invariants and post-conditions. Current assertion approaches use some software technology that relies on simple mechanisms; however their actual implementation can be both quite complex and instrusive. A good knowledge of program algorithms is required to introduce enhancements which crosscut basic algorithms and structures. In this paper, we propose a non-intrusive assertion verification implementation. We have used aspect-orientation and provide correctness in order to decide on the validity of assertions.