Mandate

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public static class Mandate
{
    public static void That<TException>(bool condition, string message) where TException : Exception
    {
        if (!condition)
        {
            var exceptionInstance = (TException)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(TException), message);

            throw exceptionInstance;
        }
    }
}

Syntactic sugar for statements like this:

Instead of:

if(x < 10)
{

}

It would be:

Mandate.That<InvalidOperationException>(x >= 10, $"{x} must be less than 10");

Instead of:

if(x == null)
{

}

It would be:

Mandate.That<NullReferenceException>(x != null, $"{x} was null!");

Most useful for business rule enforcement and validation.

For example, we can't send an invoice if the invoice is null, therefore Mandate that it is not null before sending out.

Cons: it will build and allocate the exception message string on each test, even when not throwing.