Formalization and analysis of dataflow in object-oriented design models

Abstract

In the upstream phase of object-oriented development, we usually model a target system from multiple points of view. A dataflow view has been recognized as one of the most important views in software engineering. We need to relate dataflow models to OO models and check consistency between them as it is still important even if we adopt object-oriented approach. In this paper, we propose a method to analyze dataflows in OO design models with the model checker Spin after formalizing them.