jcsp

Communicating Sequential Processes for Java (JCSP)

JCSP (Communication Sequential Processes for Java) is a library providing a concurrency model that is a combination of ideas from Hoare's CSP and Milner's pi-calculus. Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) is a mathematical theory for specifying and verifying complex patterns of behavior arising from interactions between concurrent objects. JCSP provides a base range of CSP primitives plus a rich set of extensions. Also included is a package providing CSP process wrappers giving a channel interface to all Java AWT widgets and graphics operations. It is extensively (java/documented) and includes much teaching. JCSP is an alternative concurrency model to the threads and mechanisms built into Java. It is also compatible with it since it is implemented on top of it.