Abstract: The invention concerns a method, a computer, and software for analysis of software code that includes code written in multiple languages. A static analysis on source code of an embedded system that has source code written in a low-level language embedded within a high level language is accompanied by transforming the embedded low level language source code to a common high level representation for performing the static analysis. This transformation only retains sufficient semantic meaning of the low level source code necessary to perform the static analysis.

Abstract: The invention concerns model program analysis of software code using model checking. Initially, a transition system (22) and an extensible markup language (XML) (24) representation of the data is generated. Next, labels (26) for the transition system are generated by querying the XML representation of the data using (markup) query language. The labels and the structure of the transition system are then used as input to model checking techniques to analyse the software code (28). It is an advantage of the invention that the problem of labelling a transition system can be transformed into the XML domain so that detailed information about the software code can be extracted using queries in a format that can be run in the XML domain which are well known. At the same time the transformation to the XML domain does not prevent the use of efficient model checking technologies.

Abstract: The invention concerns the analysis of software code that includes code that is written in multiple languages. In particular the invention concerns, but is not limited to, static analysis on source code of an embedded system that has source code that is written in a low-level language embedded within a high level language. The invention provides transforming 60 the embedded low level language source code to a common high level representation that the static analysis can be performed on. This transformation may only retain sufficient semantic meaning to cater for the static analysis, but now more, allowing the transformation to be made. Aspects of the invention include a method, a computer system and software.

Abstract: The invention concerns model program analysis of software code using model checking. Initially, a transition system (22) and an extensible markup language (XML) (24) representation of the data is generated. Next, labels (26) for the transition system are generated by querying the XML representation of the data using (markup) query language. The labels and the structure of the transition system are then used as input to model checking techniques to analyse the software code (28). It is an advantage of the invention that the problem of labelling a transition system can be transformed into the XML domain so that detailed information about the software code can be extracted using queries in a format that can be run in the XML domain which are well known. At the same time the transformation to the XML domain does not prevent the use of efficient model checking technologies.