Assertions were introduced in early programming language like Eiffel and has been around since 1967. Assertions are not new to Java either. They were a part of Oak, an early version of JPL (Java ...

Understand the methodology impact of Java's new assertion facility Assertions are a fairly simple construct added to the soon-to-be released J2SE (Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition) 1.4.

This definition explains the Java assert keyword, which is part of a newly introduced mechanism for troubleshooting and debugging applications.

J2SE (Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition) 1.4 adds a simple assertion facility to Java. At the simplest level, an assertion checks a boolean-typed expression that a developer specifically proclaims ...

In my quest to find neato things to do with Java (a lot has changed since 1.1!) I've hit a roadblock. I've been testing stuff on a partially written applet (runs, just to do something more ...