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Re: Question re testing constructor

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On 12/6/2011 7:14 AM, Novice wrote:
> Unfortunately, the assertTrue() statement gets flagged by the compiler as
> being dead code. Am I right in assuming that it is essentially looking at
> the instantiation of the HexColor class and reasoning that it will
> inevitably create SOMETHING so that hexColor can't possibly be null,
> therefore the assertTrue() can't ever be executed?

I'm pretty sure, yes.  The "new" operator always has to return an 
object, or throw an error.  Factory methods are just methods, and can 
return null, but new *must* return an object if it completes.

P.S. Don't use assertTrue just to print something.  Just use 
System.out.println, it works fine, and makes your intent more clear.

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Question re testing constructor Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-06 15:14 +0000
  Re: Question re testing constructor markspace <-@.> - 2011-12-06 07:23 -0800
    Re: Question re testing constructor Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-06 17:17 +0000
    Re: Question re testing constructor Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-06 21:25 +0000
    Re: Question re testing constructor Ian Shef <invalid@avoiding.spam> - 2011-12-07 00:29 +0000
      Re: Question re testing constructor Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-12-06 19:28 -0800
      Re: Question re testing constructor Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-12-06 22:57 -0600
      Re: Question re testing constructor Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 07:12 -0800
      Re: Question re testing constructor Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 07:14 -0800
        Re: Question re testing constructor Ian Shef <invalid@avoiding.spam> - 2011-12-07 15:59 +0000
          Re: Question re testing constructor Ian Shef <invalid@avoiding.spam> - 2011-12-08 19:19 +0000
      Re: Question re testing constructor ilAn <idonot@wantspam.net> - 2011-12-07 20:41 +0200
  Re: Question re testing constructor Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-12-06 07:34 -0800
    Re: Question re testing constructor Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-06 17:15 +0000
  Re: Question re testing constructor Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-12-06 09:49 -0800
  Re: Question re testing constructor Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-06 16:40 -0800
  Re: Question re testing constructor Henk van Voorthuijsen <voorth@xs4all.nl> - 2011-12-07 00:33 -0800

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