org.junit
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

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

Method Summary

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 java.lang.Throwable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

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 Detail

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