Assertion Mechanism?

[Joe San]

Hi Guys,

Can anyone give me an example of how assertions work with respect to packages and sub packages assuming that we have a 1.4 compiler. Please help me guys.

Thanks in advance.


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[ December 04, 2006: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]

[Mark Allenb]

When using a 1.4 compiler, first, you must compile source with -source 1.4:

javac -source 1.4 <source file(s)>

Then, you use the command line switches to enable/disable assertions for all or a subset of classes/packages at runtime. For example:

java -ea:com.pkgA... -da:com.pkgA.ClassB MainClass

This says, "Run MainClass with assertions enabled in com.pkgA and all of it's subpackages, but disabled in the com.pkgA.ClassB class."

Hope that helps.

[Joe San]

Thanks for the explanation. I understood.