groovy

GroovyTestCase.shouldFail{} should return the message of the enclosed Exception

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  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-5
  • Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-6
  • Component/s: None
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  • Testcase included:
    yes
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Description

GroovyTestCase.shouldFail{} should return the message of the enclosed Exception.
This would allow easier testing that the Exception reveals a meaningful message.

def result = shouldFail(IllegalArgumentException.class){
    throw new IllegalArgumentException('null not allowed')
}
assertEquals 'null not allowed', result

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Olivier Gourment added a comment -

Thanks Dierk for this useful feature. Here is another example:

assert (shouldFail

{ this.methodThatDoesNotExist(404) }

).contains("MissingMethodException")

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Olivier Gourment added a comment - Thanks Dierk for this useful feature. Here is another example: assert (shouldFail { this.methodThatDoesNotExist(404) } ).contains("MissingMethodException")
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Olivier Gourment added a comment -

Ok, actually, there's more to it.

class VarargsTests extends GroovyTestCase {
static int add(int a, int b)

{ a + b }

void testVarargs() {
shouldFail (MissingMethodException.class)

{ add(1,"2") }
assert shouldFail ({ add(1,"2") }

).contains("MissingMethodException")
shouldFailWithCause (MissingMethodException.class,

{ add(1,"2") }

)
}
}

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Olivier Gourment added a comment - Ok, actually, there's more to it. class VarargsTests extends GroovyTestCase { static int add(int a, int b) { a + b } void testVarargs() { shouldFail (MissingMethodException.class) { add(1,"2") } assert shouldFail ({ add(1,"2") } ).contains("MissingMethodException") shouldFailWithCause (MissingMethodException.class, { add(1,"2") } ) } }

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  • Assignee:
    Dierk Koenig
    Reporter:
    Dierk Koenig
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