Cannot get code with assertions to compile

[Chiran Mathur]

Do I need to import any particular package for assertions to work. I am using JBuilder 7 and it is uisng JDk1.4.0 and it just doesn't recognize the word assert.

[Chiran Mathur]

package assertUse;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.Error.*;
public class AssertTest{
public void methodA(int i) throws AssertionError{
assert i < 1024 : "Invalid Value";
}
}
I always get this error while compilingthe above code:
"assertUse.java": Error #: 200 : ';' expected at line 7, column 18

[Sridhar Srikanthan]

Chiran,
one possible problem might be the way you are compiling the code.
In order for the code with assertions to be compiled, you have to type
javac -source 1.4 AssertTest.java
I tried the same code and it compiles just fine
Hope this helps
Sri