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∟Assert Statements and -ea" Option

∟JVM "-ea" and "-da" Options

This section describes '-ea' and '-da' JVM option, which are used to enable or disable assertion on application classes.

By default, "assert" statements in your are not execution to save execution time. If you are running a Java application with "assert" statements added, you can turn on the JVM assertion option to troubleshoot execution issues.

JVM ("java" command) supports a number of assertion options:

• "-ea" - Enable assertion on all application classes.
• "-da" - Disable assertion on all application classes.
• "-ea:class_name" - Enable assertion on the given class.
• "-da:class_name" - Disable assertion on the given class.
• "-esa" - Enable assertion on all system classes.
• "-dsa" - Disable assertion on all system classes.

Let's re-run the sample program in the previous tutorial with the "-ea" option:

herong> java -ea AssertStatementTest.java 8
Hour specified: 8
Good morning!

herong> java -ea AssertStatementTest.java 18
Hour specified: 18
Good evening!

herong> java -ea AssertStatementTest.java 28
Hour specified: 28
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError:
  Hour = 28. It be must be < 24.
  at AssertStatementTest.greeting(AssertStatementTest.java:19)
  at AssertStatementTest.main(AssertStatementTest.java:10)

herong> java -ea AssertStatementTest.java -8
Hour specified: -8
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError:
  Hour = -8. It be must be >= 0.
  at AssertStatementTest.greeting(AssertStatementTest.java:16)
  at AssertStatementTest.main(AssertStatementTest.java:10)

As you can see, both "assert" statements were executed. AssertionError messages were corrected generated.

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JVM "-ea" and "-da" Options - Updated in 2024, by Herong Yang