Add setting to enable asserts.

[safield]

Currently when I run the debugger, my asserts are not being triggered.

It would be nice if there was a way I could turn on asserts, potentially in an extension setting or something.

[testforstephen]

What's asserts? Please explain your user scenario with more details.

[safield]

assert is a keyword in Java, and it behaves like assert does in c++.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/language/assert.html

They can be enabled normally by adding a flag to java at runtime. They are not enabled by default when debugging using the vscode extension.

[testforstephen]

Thanks for the details. Currently you can add vmArgs to "-ea" in the launch.json to enable assert. In future, we're planning to expose a global vmArgs in the user settings, where you can add "-ea" as the default value.

[safield]

I currently don't have a launch.json. Should I be expecting one to be present?

[testforstephen]

By default, the debugger just generates the config in memory. But you could go the debug view to create a launch.json.

[testforstephen]

With the latest debugger, you could achieve this by adding user setting "java.debug.settings.vmArgs": "-ea".

[mediad02]

With the latest debugger, you could achieve this by adding user setting "java.debug.settings.vmArgs": "-ea".

um is there a way to enable asserts for C#?

[testforstephen]

um is there a way to enable asserts for C#?

sorry, this extension for Java only. You have to go to C# extension for that.