Class ComparisonFailure

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Error

java.lang.AssertionError

org.junit.ComparisonFailure

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ComparisonFailure
extends AssertionError

Thrown when an assertEquals(String, String) fails. Create and throw a ComparisonFailure manually if you want to show users the difference between two complex strings.

Inspired by a patch from Alex Chaffee (alex@purpletech.com)

Since:

4.0

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()	Returns the actual string value
String	getExpected()	Returns 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()

Returns the actual string value

Returns:

the actual string value

getExpected

public String getExpected()

Returns the expected string value

Returns:

the expected string value