Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: x < 0 at AssertDemo.main(AssertDemo.java:6) For either example, running AssertDemo without the -ea (enable assertions) option results in no output.

Part 1 of this two-part series covered the mechanics of using the new assertion facility introduced in J2SE, (Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition) 1.4. This installment discusses the methodology ...

Java deserialization example. Of course, Java object serialization is only half of the job. The other half is Java object deserializtion, which we accomplish with the FileInputStream and the ...