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 ...

Use Java assertions to test your assumptions about program correctness and check them in your code.

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 ...