The Java assert and backward compatibility Although the assert keyword was introduced in Java 1.4, code written prior to the February 2002 release was still backward-compatible. The exception to that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adding assertions in Java 1.4 fulfills a goal that language designer James Gosling had reluctantly deferred from early versions.

This post explains how to use if statements in Java. Discover why flow control is so important, and how to use advanced keywords like "and" and "else." ...

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 ...

Assertions are a fairly simple construct added to the soon-to-be released J2SE (Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition) 1.4. As a basic description, an assertion specifies a boolean-typed expression a ...