groovy.util
Class GroovyAssert

java.lang.Object
  groovy.util.GroovyAssert

public class GroovyAssert
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

GroovyAssert()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Throwable	shouldFail(java.lang.Class clazz, Closure code) Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated and that a particular exception is thrown.
static java.lang.Throwable	shouldFail(Closure code) Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated
static java.lang.Throwable	shouldFailWithCause(java.lang.Class clazz, Closure code) Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated and that a particular exception 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 java.lang.Throwable shouldFail(Closure code)

Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated

Parameters:

code - the code expected to throw the exception

Returns:

the message of the thrown Throwable

shouldFail

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

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

Parameters:

clazz - the class of the expected exception

code - the closure that should fail

Returns:

the message of the expected Throwable

shouldFailWithCause

public static java.lang.Throwable shouldFailWithCause(java.lang.Class clazz,
                                                      Closure code)

Asserts that the given code closure fails when it is evaluated and that a particular exception 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 error message associated with the matching exception is returned. If no match was found the method will fail.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of the expected exception

code - the closure that should fail

Returns:

the message of the expected Throwable