org.jikesrvm.mm.mmtk
Class Assert

java.lang.Object
  org.mmtk.vm.Assert
      org.jikesrvm.mm.mmtk.Assert

public class Assert
extends Assert

Assert

public Assert()

getVerifyAssertionsConstant

protected final boolean getVerifyAssertionsConstant()

true if assertions should be verified

Specified by:

getVerifyAssertionsConstant in class Assert

Returns:

true if assertions should be verified

error

public final void error(String str)

This method should be called whenever an error is encountered.

Parameters:

str - A string describing the error condition.

fail

public final void fail(String message)

Logs a message and traceback, then exits.

Specified by:

fail in class Assert

Parameters:

message - the string to log

exit

public final void exit(int rc)

_assert

public final void _assert(boolean cond)

Checks that the given condition is true. If it is not, this method does a traceback and exits. All calls to this method must be guarded by VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS.

Specified by:

_assert in class Assert

Parameters:

cond - the condition to be checked

_assert

public final void _assert(boolean cond,
                          String message)

Checks that the given condition is true. If it is not, this method prints a message, does a traceback and exits. All calls to this method must be guarded by VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS.

Specified by:

_assert in class Assert

Parameters:

cond - the condition to be checked

message - the message to print

dumpStack

public final void dumpStack()

Description copied from class: Assert

Print a stack trace

Specified by:

dumpStack in class Assert

runningVM

public final boolean runningVM()

Checks if the virtual machine is running. This value changes, so the call-through to the VM must be a method. In Jikes RVM, just returns VM.runningVM.

Specified by:

runningVM in class Assert

Returns:

true if the virtual machine is running