Can't call "fail" in Kotlin without specifying generic type explicitly

[JLLeitschuh]

Overview

In java you can call fail like this:

fail("some message");

Because of how the Kotlin compiler works, the same call in kotlin becomes:

fail<Nothing>("some message")

Trying to just have:

fail("some message")

Causes the compiler to spit out the following error:

Error:(155, 9) Kotlin: Type inference failed: Not enough information to infer parameter V in fun <V : Any!> fail(p0: String!): V!
Please specify it explicitly.

Proposed Solution

Add to the existing Assertions.kt file something like the following:

fun fail(message: String) = org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail<Nothing>(message)

Similar overloads will have to be provided for the other various fail overloads.

Deliverables

• Addition of the fail api to the Assertions.kt file.