jdsl.core.ref
Class Assertion

java.lang.Object
  jdsl.core.ref.Assertion

Deprecated. Starting with Java 2 version 1.4 assertions are part of the language, and thus this class is no longer necessary.

public final class Assertion

extends Object

Helps to check invariant conditions in program and check correctness of implementation. Warning: not thread safe. Undefined behavior if several threads fail on assertion checks simultaneously.

Version:

JDSL 2.1.1

Author:

Benety Goh (bg@cs.brown.edu)

Method Summary

static void	check(boolean mustBeTrue) Deprecated. Never use this method to indicate bad user input; this method is for asserting internal correctness of the implementation only.
static void	check(boolean mustBeTrue, String message) Deprecated. Never use this method to indicate bad user input; this method is for asserting internal correctness of the implementation only.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

check

public static void check(boolean mustBeTrue)
                  throws AssertionException

Deprecated.

Never use this method to indicate bad user input; this method is for asserting internal correctness of the implementation only.

Parameters:

mustBeTrue - expression that is assumed to be true

Throws:

AssertionException - If mustBeTrue is false

check

public static void check(boolean mustBeTrue,
                         String message)
                  throws AssertionException

Deprecated.

Never use this method to indicate bad user input; this method is for asserting internal correctness of the implementation only.

Parameters:

mustBeTrue - expression that is assumed to be true

message - description of the problem

Throws:

AssertionException - If mustBeTrue is false