Method Detail

• public static 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

• public static Throwable shouldFail(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

• public static Throwable shouldFailWithCause(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