Remove usage of java assert.

micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/Tags.java

@@ -54,17 +54,25 @@ public final class Tags implements Iterable<Tag> {
      * @param length the number of valid tags in the {@code sortedSet}
      */
     private Tags(Tag[] sortedSet, int length) {
-        assert isSortedSet(sortedSet, length) : "bug on caller side: construction invariant violated";
         this.sortedSet = sortedSet;
         this.length = length;
     }
 
-    private static boolean isSortedSet(Tag[] sortedSet, int length) {
-        if (length > sortedSet.length) {
+    /**
+     * Checks if the first {@code length} elements of the {@code tags} array
+     * form an ordered set of tags.
+     *
+     * @param tags an array of tags.
+     * @param length the number of items to check.
+     * @return {@code true} if the first {@code length} items of {@code tags}
+     *         form an ordered set; otherwise {@code false}.
+     */
+    private static boolean isSortedSet(Tag[] tags, int length) {
+        if (length > tags.length) {
             return false;
         }
         for (int i = 0; i < length - 1; i++) {
-            int cmp = sortedSet[i].compareTo(sortedSet[i + 1]);
+            int cmp = tags[i].compareTo(tags[i + 1]);
             if (cmp >= 0) {
                 return false;
             }