Holger Hoffstätte, holge..izards.de, wrote:
>JDK 1.4 assert() came to mind, but that's probably not good enough and
>we'd reintroduce a 1.4 dependency.
Agreed. I had hoped assert() would be a lot nicer than it is. Even if I
ran JDK 1.4, I'd still stick with JAssert. But, I may be partial. (grin)
>I also realize this is very much a matter of style & taste, which can
>hardly be argued about..especially in light of Cayenne being so good
>already, considering it's not even 1.0 yet. :-)
I won't speak to this since, as Holger points out, this is a personal
preference. Andrus doesn't like pervasive assertion testing, so JAssert
should be added sparingly -- only where there's a clear code or
complexity win.
>IIRC Project WONDER has something like that for localized validation
>messages (which is a total mess with EOF and has always been). Maybe
>someone who is familiar with it (hint ;) could look into extending JAssert
>with this? Even without localization just gradually starting to use
>something like JAssert in places that we _know_ cannot be
>null/wrong/whatever will most likely improve things. I know I'd like to
>see something like this.
See below.
>Now look who's lurking! .-)
Darn, my cover's been blown. (grin)
>Actually yes, very much so! If we can agree that this is a good idea would
>you be willing to donate this? How about the external message feature (see
>other mail), could you work on that?
Donation: sure. Use it like you use JUnit or Log4J -- drop it into the
project, send bug reports my way and occasionally sync with the mainline.
Concerning adding failure messages...
I have opinions on the best way to use assertions, and when not to use
them. Could you give me a code example from Cayenne you think is a good
candidate for refactoring using assertions?
That way, together, we can refactor Cayenne and JAssert so they play
nicely together.
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