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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=347052216-01052007><FONT face=Verdana
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=347052216-01052007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000080 size=2>You are correct. Feel free to change that
assert.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=347052216-01052007><FONT face=Verdana
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mondrian-bounces@pentaho.org
[mailto:mondrian-bounces@pentaho.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Pappyn
Bart<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Mondrian
developer mailing list<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Mondrian] Assert not conforming
documentation<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=453430310-26042007>I would like to
return SetType(null) in a user defined function. The documentation says
it is ok to pass null in case the type is not known.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=453430310-26042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=453430310-26042007>But the following
code :</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>public class SetType implements Type
{</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> private final Type
elementType;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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/**<BR> * Creates a type representing a set of
elements of a given type.<BR>
*<BR> * @param elementType The type of the elements in
the set, or null if not<BR> *
known<BR> */<BR> public SetType(Type
elementType) {<BR> assert
elementType instanceof MemberType
||<BR>
elementType instanceof
TupleType;<BR> this.elementType =
elementType;<BR> }</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=453430310-26042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>-> In case null
is passed, then this will raise an assertion failure.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=453430310-26042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kind
regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=453430310-26042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Bart</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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