Unit Test Frameworks

Name

ComparisonFailure

Description

ComparisonFailure (see Figure B-3) is a specialized subclass of AssertionFailedError. It is thrown only by the versions of assertEquals( ) that compare Strings.

Figure B-3. The class ComparisonFailure

Declaration

public class ComparisonFailure
extends AssertionFailedError

Constructors

ComparisonFailure(String message, String expected, String actual)

The constructor for ComparisonFailure.

Public Methods

String getMessage( )

Returns the failure description message. The redundant parts of the compared Strings are replaced with "...” so that only the parts that differ are reported.

Protected/Private Methods

None.

Attributes

private String fActual private String fExpected

The private attributes containing copies of the strings being compared.