Package org.gcube.resourcemanagement.support.server.utils

Class Assertion<T extends Throwable>

java.lang.Object

org.gcube.resourcemanagement.support.server.utils.Assertion<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Assertion<T extends Throwable>
extends Object
implements Serializable

General purpose assertion handler. Assertion can be generalized to check a boolean expression and to raise an exception in correspondence to a failure happening during checking.

 Example:

     Assertion<TheExceptionType> assertion = new Assertion<ParamException> ();
     assertion.validate (param != null, new TheExceptionType("invalid parameter null"));

 or, in a more compact form:
    // The exception to throw in case of failure
    // during the evaluation of the expected condition
    new Assertion<TheExceptionType>().validate(
        i>5,                                                     // The expected boolean condition
        new TheExceptionType("Parameter must be greater than 5")); //The error message

 

Author:

Daniele Strollo (ISTI-CNR)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Assertion()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	validate(boolean assertion, T exc)	Makes an assertion and if the expression evaluation fails, throws an exception of type T.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Assertion

public Assertion()

Method Detail

validate

public final void validate(boolean assertion,
                           T exc)
                    throws T extends Throwable

Makes an assertion and if the expression evaluation fails, throws an exception of type T.

 Example:
        new Assertion<MyException>().validate(whatExpected, new MyException("guard failed"));
 

Parameters:

assertion - the boolean expression to evaluate

exc - the exception to throw if the condition does not hold

Throws:

T - the exception extending Throwable

T extends Throwable