Always enable Java assertions

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Java → Installed JREs → Java SE 8 → Edit... → Default VM arguments → -ea

The preference is vmargs for the right vm entry in org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PREF_VM_XML.

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Java → JUnit → Add '-ea' to VM arguments when creating a new JUnit launch configuration

What is the default for the preference? Does it apply when you run tests without creating a run configuration first?