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Enable assert in a maven built project

I have a java program that is built using Maven and I need to enable the assert keyword. Ideally, I'd want to enable assertions in the maven build command.

Solution

  • Maven compiles and builds the java code. Assertion errors come when you are actually running java code so with maven you can't do it this way

    unless you are using maven plugin to launch java code, you would have to supply -ea to jvm

    exec:java

    Pass -ea to commandline argument

    Surefire

    if you meant for test execution then configure sure-fire plugin to pass -ea to jvm

    <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.16</version>
    <configuration>
        <enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>