groovy.test

Class GroovyAssert

java.lang.Object

groovy.test.GroovyAssert

public class GroovyAssert
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GroovyAssert()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Throwable	shouldFail(Class clazz, groovy.lang.Closure code) Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated and that a particular type of exception is thrown.
static Throwable	shouldFail(groovy.lang.Closure code) Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated
static Throwable	shouldFailWithCause(Class expectedCause, groovy.lang.Closure code) Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated and that a particular Exception type can be attributed to the cause.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GroovyAssert

public GroovyAssert()

Method Detail

shouldFail

public static Throwable shouldFail(groovy.lang.Closure code)

Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated

Parameters:

code - the code expected to fail

Returns:

the caught exception

shouldFail

public static Throwable shouldFail(Class clazz,
                   groovy.lang.Closure code)

Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated and that a particular type of exception is thrown.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of the expected exception

code - the closure that should fail

Returns:

the caught exception

shouldFailWithCause

public static Throwable shouldFailWithCause(Class expectedCause,
                            groovy.lang.Closure code)

Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated and that a particular Exception type can be attributed to the cause. The expected exception class is compared recursively with any nested exceptions using getCause() until either a match is found or no more nested exceptions exist.

If a match is found, the matching exception is returned otherwise the method will fail.

Parameters:

expectedCause - the class of the expected exception

code - the closure that should fail

Returns:

the cause