Assert

Little helper on assertion.

Usage

I got tired of writing the same boilerplate code for checking unexpected values over and over again, such as:

public Tile[] PaintTiles(Color color, Tile[] tiles)
{
    if (color == default(Color))
        throw new ArgumentException("color shouldn't be the default one");
    
    if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(Color), value))
        throw new ArgumentException("invalid color");

    if (tiles == null)
        throw new ArgumentNullException("tiles");

    if (!tiles.Any())
        throw new ArgumentException("tiles wasn't supposed to be empty");

    foreach (var tile in tiles)
    {
        // Paint the tile
    }
}

So now I do:

using AssertLibrary;

public Tile[] PaintTiles(Color color, Tile[] tiles)
{
    Assert.IsNotDefault(color);
    Assert.IsInEnum<Color>(color);

    Assert.IsNotNull(tiles);
    Assert.HasElements(tiles);

    foreach (var tile in tiles)
    {
        // Paint the tile
    }
}

The helper can check unexpected nulls, places reach, types of values, enum values, default values, property existence, true/false, equal/not equal, less/more than, positive/negative/not zero numbers, and empty/small/large/single/not single/exactly collections.

Call Assert.UseDebug() to make the library use Debug.Assert, Assert.UseTrace() to use Trace.Assert and Assert.UseException() to make it throw an AssertException.