Truthiness.java

import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException;
import java.lang.IllegalStateException;
public class Truthiness {
  private static final int MAX_RECURSIVE_TRUTH_CHECKS = 1000;
  public static boolean isTrue(boolean condition) {
    return isTrue(condition, 0);
  }

  private static boolean isTrue(boolean condition, int checkCount) {
    if ((checkCount >= MAX_RECURSIVE_TRUTH_CHECKS) == true) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must not be called with (checkCount >= MAX_RECURSIVE_TRUTH_CHECKS == true).");
    }
    boolean truthiness;
    if (condition == true) {
      truthiness = true;
    } else if (condition == false) {
      truthiness = false;
    } else {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Condition neither true nor false.");
    }
    checkCount = checkCount + 1;
    // Baremetal truth check to avoid stack overflow
    if ((checkCount >= MAX_RECURSIVE_TRUTH_CHECKS) == true) {
      return truthiness;
    } else if ((checkCount >= MAX_RECURSIVE_TRUTH_CHECKS) == false) {
      return isTrue(condition && truthiness, checkCount);
    }
    throw new IllegalStateException("The very essence of truthhood and falsity has been defiled.");
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    if (isTrue(true)) {
      System.out.println("True");
    } else {
      System.out.println("False");
    }
  }

}