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Java Class class desiredAssertionStatus() method with example

Class class desiredAssertionStatus() method: Here, we are going to learn about the desiredAssertionStatus() method of Class class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on November 01, 2019

Class class desiredAssertionStatus() method

• desiredAssertionStatus() method is available in java.lang package.
• desiredAssertionStatus() method is used to return the desired assertion status of the given class when it was to be initialized at the time of this method is called.
• desiredAssertionStatus() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• desiredAssertionStatus() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting desired assertion status.

Syntax:

    public boolean desiredAssertionStatus();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of this method is boolean, it returns true when desired assertion status is returned.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of boolean desiredAssertionStatus() method of Class 

public class DesiredAssertionStatusOfClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Creating an instance of the class
        DesiredAssertionStatusOfClass assertion = new DesiredAssertionStatusOfClass();

        // Get Class by using getClass() method
        Class cl = assertion.getClass();

        // Display this Class
        System.out.println("Class: " + cl);

        // By using desiredAssertionStatus() method is to get the 
        // status of this class DesiredAssertionStatusOfClass

        boolean assertion_status = cl.desiredAssertionStatus();

        // Display assertion status of the class  
        System.out.println("Assertion Status: " + assertion_status);
    }
}

Output

Class: class DesiredAssertionStatusOfClass
Assertion Status: false