Sylvain Wallez wrote:


We already have an ExceptionUtil in org.apache.avalon.framework.ExceptionUtil.
I would prefer adding a couple signatures:

/** two member version will set the first variable if not set, or throw 
exception */
ExceptionUtil.check(this.manager, manager, "Manager already set");

/** one member version used for state checking */
ExceptionUtil.check(this.isInitialized, "Component not initialized");


That's nice : it avoids an additional class and the associated import, but "check" may be to imprecise in the context of "ExceptionUtil". So what about something like "checkImmutable()" for the first one ? The second is a simple assertion, so what about an "assertTrue()" (until the whole world uses JDK 1.4) ?



Actually I started a ComponentUtil to assist in the process. The ComponentUtil uses a long with bit flags to test if it is legal to perform the verious operations.

It will be helpful, and I think it belongs in Framework.  What do you all
think?





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