// validating/Assert2.java

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// Assert with an information-expression

// {java Assert2 -ea}

// {ThrowsException}

public class Assert2 {

public static void main(String[] args) {

assert false: "Here's a message saying what happened";

}

}

/* Output:

___[ Error Output ]___

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: Here's

a message saying what happened

at Assert2.main(Assert2.java:8)

*/