Sylvain Wallez wrote:
>
>>We already have an ExceptionUtil in org.apache.avalon.framework.ExceptionUtil.
>>I would prefer adding a couple signatures:
>>
>>/** two member version will set the first variable if not set, or throw exception */
>>ExceptionUtil.check(this.manager, manager, "Manager already set");
>>
>>/** one member version used for state checking */
>>ExceptionUtil.check(this.isInitialized, "Component not initialized");
>>
>
> That's nice : it avoids an additional class and the associated import,
> but "check" may be to imprecise in the context of "ExceptionUtil". So
> what about something like "checkImmutable()" for the first one ? The
> second is a simple assertion, so what about an "assertTrue()" (until the
> whole world uses JDK 1.4) ?
Actually I started a ComponentUtil to assist in the process. The ComponentUtil
uses a long with bit flags to test if it is legal to perform the verious
operations.
It will be helpful, and I think it belongs in Framework. What do you all
think?
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