-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Reading http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/lang/assert.html#usage I have to withdraw my +1 and agree with Stefans objections
On 06/04/10 14:16, Felix Knecht wrote: > On 06/04/10 12:15, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: >> Hi guys, > >> currently (and probably because nobody uses them, due to some Java 1.3 >> habits we have), we don't use asserts to do simple things like checking >> methods parameters (pre-conditions). > >> Should we start using them ? > > +1 > Just make sure, that assert isn't used in places where it's > shared/apacheds/... specific as an AssertationError is thrown in case. > What about error messages? Do we need them here? If so it can blow up > the code, just imagine something like > assert ( ( value instanceof String ) || ( value instanceof byte[] ) ) : > "String or byte[] expected instead of " + value.getClass() > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwI77AACgkQ2lZVCB08qHGVDACfdHyhixrHw/gfZqQXxxiWdok7 3TEAn1o3pr6VinMwDhEt5/G/lNTbQMBK =zjLR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
