Do we assume assertion is disabled or enabled?

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posted 18 years ago

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Hi all, during the exam, do the questions actually tell you if assertion is enabled or disabled (since the "right" answer varies with assumption).

Sriram.Narayanan Thiagarajan

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by default assertion is disabled

To enable assertion-awareness at compile time

javac -source 1.4 <FILE_NAME>

To enable assertion-awareness at run time

java -ea <FILE_NAME>
or
java -enableassertions <FILE_NAME>

Refer K&B for various options in it .

Gowher Naik

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By default assertions are disable at run time.
In question it will be mentioned(assertion enable or disable).