Enabling assertions in Netbeans

Question

I wanna do something like

java -enableassertions com.geeksanonymous.TestClass

How do I do this?

Answer 1

With a Maven project in netbeans 7.0, choose "File" -> "Project Properties ()".

In the window that appears, choose "Run", and add -enableassertions to the "VM Options" textbox.

Answer 2

I dont know about Netbeans, but you also can programmatically enable assertions (maybe that helps you as well).

public class WhenRunningTests() {

    static {
        ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().setDefaultAssertionStatus(true);
    }

    @Test(expected=AssertionError.class)
    public void assertionsShouldBeEnabled() {
        assert false;
    }
}