Exception handling in the software lifecycle

Citation
R. De Lemos et A. Romanovsky, Exception handling in the software lifecycle, COMP SYS SC, 16(2), 2001, pp. 119-133
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science & Engineering
Journal title
COMPUTER SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ISSN journal
02676192 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
119 - 133
Database
ISI
SICI code
0267-6192(200103)16:2<119:EHITSL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Exception handling is a structuring technique that facilitates system desig n by encapsulating the process of error recovery. Traditional methods deal with exceptions at tate design and implementation phases, thus losing the c ontext of error detection and recovery, and the correlation between excepti ons and their handlers. The proposed approach emphasises the separation of the treatment of requirements-related, design-related, and implementation-r elated exceptions during the software lifecycle by specifying the exception s and their handlers in the context where faults are identified. The descri ption of exceptional behaviour is supported by a co-operative object-orient ed approach that allows the representation of collaborative behaviour betwe en objects at different phases of the software development. The feasibility of the approach is demonstrated in terms of a benchmark case study.