On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:03, Jason Mehrens <jason_mehr...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> Martin, > > Regarding this IAE issue, another approach might be given non > null Comparator 'c': > > if(c.getClass().desiredAssertionStatus()) { > throw new AssertionError("....."); > } > > Then there is no compatibility problem,no need to add a new switch to the > JDK, and the coder gets smacked with an error. > > ... if assertions are turned on (which happens far too rarely) But still an interesting idea - I had not seen it before. I wonder what Josh thinks. Martin