ATLAS2000 object oriented programming capabilities

The IEEE SCC20 committee on Test and Diagnostics for Electronic Systems in concert with Department of Defense Automatic Test System Research and Development integrated Project Team (ARI) is developing the next generation of ATLAS lest language. The ATLAS2000 development is aimed to redress many of the criticisms heaped upon ATLAS and also to introduce newer and proven capabilities into the ATLAS language. This will allow the effective applications and use of ATLAS into the 21/sup st/ century. This paper addresses one of the many improvements being inserted into ATLAS, specifically the addition of object-oriented extensions. Through this effort, the language developers intend to provide test program developers with the power and effectiveness of the object-oriented programming paradigm/technique. This paper presents the approach of the ATLAS 2000 developer to include the requirements for the object-oriented methodology within ATLAS 2000. It also provides an indication of the new robustness and extensibility of the ATLAS 2000 language.