com.atlassian.sal.core.util
Class Assert

java.lang.Object
  com.atlassian.sal.core.util.Assert

public class Assert
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Assert()

Method Summary

static <T> T	notNull(T reference) Check that reference is not null.
static <T> T	notNull(T reference, Object errorMessage) Check that reference is not null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Assert

public Assert()

Method Detail

notNull

public static <T> T notNull(T reference)

Check that reference is not null. If it is, throw a IllegalArgumentException.

Parameters:

reference - reference to check is null or not

Returns:

reference so it may be used

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if reference is null

notNull

public static <T> T notNull(T reference,
                            Object errorMessage)

Check that reference is not null. If it is, throw a IllegalArgumentException.

Parameters:

reference - reference to check is null or not

errorMessage - message passed to the IllegalArgumentException constructor to give more context when debugging

Returns:

reference so it may be used

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if reference is null