jSpin 5.0

jSpin is a graphical user interface for the Spin model checker that is used for verifying concurrent and distributed programs. It is an alternative to the XSpin GUI and was developed primarily for pedagogical purposes. jSpin is written in Java, because the Java platform is both portable and widely in computer science education.

The user interface of jSpin is simple and consists of a single window with menus, a toolbar and three adjustable text areas. Spin option strings are automatically supplied and the Spin output is filtered and presented in a tabular form. All aspects of jSpin are configurable: some at compile time, some at initialization through a configuration file and some at runtime.