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A assertions qustion help about Man's mock!

 
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Which statements are true?
a. With assertions enabled it prints "ABC" followed by an AssertionError message.
b. With assertions enabled it prints "ABCE" followed by an AssertionError message.
c. With assertions disabled it prints "ABC"
d. With assertions disabled it prints "ABCE"
e. Assertions should not be used within the default case of a switch statement.
f. A compiler error is generated.
g. None of the above.
//save as: C.java and compile it:
//C.java:8: warning: as of release 1.4, assert is a keyword, and may not be used a
s an identifier
assert false;
^
C.java:8: not a statement
assert false;
^
C.java:8: ';' expected
assert false;
^
2 errors
1 warning
The correct answer is A ,D, but why?
Thank you for your help!!

[Dan added formatting.]
[ February 27, 2003: Message edited by: Dan Chisholm ]
 
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You must use a special switch to compile code that contains assertions:
javac -source 1.4 C.java
In future versions of Java assertions may be enabled by default, but as of JDK 1.4 you must explicitly enable the compilation of assertions. This was done to allow code that compiled under previous versions of the JDK to compile under JDK 1.4.
[ February 27, 2003: Message edited by: John Paverd ]
 
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Thank you ,John Paverd!!
but i am still confused.
I try :
javac -source 1.4 C.java
//compile success
java C
//output: ABCE
Why the output is the same as that without no statement(assert false ?
 
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Erico,
To run the program with assertions enabled you will need to use the switch -ea.
java -ea C
 
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Erico
Here is a link that explains in more detail the information that Dan and I gave to you: Sun Java documentation on assertions
 
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thank you all!!!
the sky becomes clear!
 
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One more link for very good material on assertions:
http://www.ii.uib.no/~khalid/pgjc/jcbook/JC2_Ch05-assertions-excerpt.pdf
 
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so if an assertion is false, an AssertionError is thrown.
 
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