Replace JUnit asserts by simpler but equivalent calls. apache#69.

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
       </action>
      <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Arturo Bernal, Gary Gregory">
         Minor Improvements #57, #61.
+     </action>
+     <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Arturo Bernal">
+        Replace JUnit asserts by simpler but equivalent calls. #69.
      </action>
       <!-- ADD -->
       <action type="add" dev="chtompki" due-to="Rubin Simons" issue="CLI-217">