Class ComparisonFailure

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Error

java.lang.AssertionError

junit.framework.AssertionFailedError

junit.framework.ComparisonFailure

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ComparisonFailure
extends AssertionFailedError

Thrown when an assert equals for Strings failed. Inspired by a patch from Alex Chaffee mailto:alex@purpletech.com

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ComparisonFailure(String message, String expected, String actual)	Constructs a comparison failure.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getActual()	Gets the actual string value
String	getExpected()	Gets the expected string value
String	getMessage()	Returns "..." in place of common prefix and "..." in place of common suffix between expected and actual.

Methods inherited from class Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ComparisonFailure

public ComparisonFailure(String message,
 String expected,
 String actual)

Constructs a comparison failure.

Parameters:

message - the identifying message or null

expected - the expected string value

actual - the actual string value

Method Details

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Returns "..." in place of common prefix and "..." in place of common suffix between expected and actual.

Overrides:

getMessage in class Throwable

See Also:

• Throwable.getMessage()

getActual

public String getActual()

Gets the actual string value

Returns:

the actual string value

getExpected

public String getExpected()

Gets the expected string value

Returns:

the expected string value