| Index: pkg/analyzer/lib/src/util/asserts.dart | 
| diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/util/asserts.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/util/asserts.dart | 
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| +++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/util/asserts.dart | 
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| +// Copyright (c) 2015, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file | 
| +// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a | 
| +// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. | 
| + | 
| +library engine.utilities.asserts; | 
| + | 
| +/** | 
| + * Ensures that the given [value] is not null. | 
| + * Otherwise throws an [ArgumentError]. | 
| + * An optional [description] is used in the error message. | 
| + */ | 
| +void notNull(Object value, [String description]) { | 
| +  if (value == null) { | 
| +    if (description == null) { | 
| +      throw new ArgumentError('Must not be null'); | 
| +    } else { | 
| +      throw new ArgumentError('Must not be null: $description'); | 
| +    } | 
| +  } | 
| +} | 
|  |