How to enable the Java keyword assert in Eclipse program-wise?

Question

How can I enable the assert keyword in Eclipse?

public class A
{
    public static void main(String ... args)
    {
        System.out.println(1         


        

Answer 1

If anyone wants to enable assertions by default (in contrast to enabling them for just a single run configuration), it is possible with the following steps:

1. Window (menu bar)
2. Preferences
3. Java
4. Installed JREs
5. Select your JRE/JDK
6. Press Edit...
7. Default VM arguments
8. Add -ea