Java PathFinder, A Translator from Java to Promela

Java PathFinder [2], Jpf, is a prototype translator from Java to Promela, the modeling language of the Spin model checker [4]. Jpf is a product of a major effort by the Automated Software Engineering group at NASA Ames to make model checking technology part of the software process. Experience has shown that severe bugs can be found in final code using this technique [1], and that automated translation from a programming language to a modeling language like Promela can help reducing the effort required.