Multiple JUNIT Asserts Can Combine Into One Single Assert By Using Builder
Problem 1: Multiple Asserts
Using multiple asserts are not good practice because if first one fail and the remaining asserts will not reach example:Assert.assertEquals("Field1", mock.field1);
Assert.assertEquals(expectedField2, mock.field2);
Assert.assertEquals(expectedField3, mock.field3);
Assert.assertEquals(expectedField4, mock.field4);
Problem 2: Single Assert with && operator condition
Problem 1 can achieve by combining multiple conditions by using && operator but the issue is to difficult know which one is failed.
Assert.assertTrue("Field1".equals(mock.field1)
&& expectedField2==mock.field2
&& expectedField3==mock.field3 && expectedField4==mock.field4);
Solution: by creating simple builder class can address the above two issues. in this example add method has third argument i.e label and it will tell whenever assertion failed in particular condition. Example: The below JUNIT code will fail because expected "Field2" but we got "Field1" The assertion failure message show like this, java.lang.AssertionError: expected:<[Field2]> but was <[Field1]> failed at Field1
EqualsBuilder eqb = EqualsBuilder.newBuilder()
.and("Field2",mock.field1,"Field1").and(expectedField2, mock.field2,"Field2")
.and(expectedField3, mock.field3,"Field3").and(expectedField4, mock.field4,"Field4");
Assert.assertTrue(eqb.getMessage(),eqb.result());complete code is here. EqualsBuilder.java
package com.demo;
import java.text.MessageFormat;
/**
* @author UpenderC
*
*/
public class EqualsBuilder {
private boolean result = true;
private String text="";
public static EqualsBuilder newBuilder() {
return new EqualsBuilder();
}
/**
* @param expected
* @param actual
* @param msg
* @return
* example:
*/
public EqualsBuilder and(final Object expected,final Object actual, final String msg) {
result = result && actual!=null && expected!=null ? expected.equals(actual):false;
if (!result && text.length()<1) {
text = MessageFormat.format("expected:<[{0}]> but was <[{1}]> failed at {2}",expected,actual,msg);
}
return this;
}
public boolean result() {
return result;
}
public String getMessage() {
return text;
}
}
MultipleAssertsTest.java
package com.stewi.demo;
import java.util.Date;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class MultipleAssertsTest {
@Test
public void multipleAsserts() {
Date expectedField4 = new Date();
Integer expectedField2 = 1;
Long expectedField3 =2000000000l;
MockFields mock = getMock(1);
/*example1:
Assert.assertEquals("Field1", mock.field1);
Assert.assertEquals(expectedField2, mock.field2);
Assert.assertEquals(expectedField3, mock.field3);
Assert.assertEquals(expectedField4, mock.field4);*/
/* example2:
* Assert.assertTrue("Field1".equals(mock.field1)
&& expectedField2==mock.field2
&& expectedField3==mock.field3 && expectedField4==mock.field4);
*/
//example3:
EqualsBuilder eqb = EqualsBuilder.newBuilder()
.and("Field2",mock.field1,"Field1").and(expectedField2, mock.field2,"Field2")
.and(expectedField3, mock.field3,"Field3").and(expectedField4, mock.field4,"Field4");
Assert.assertTrue(eqb.getMessage(),eqb.result());
}
private MockFields getMock(int scenario) {
switch(scenario) {
case 1:
MockFields iMock1 = new MockFields();
iMock1.field1="Field1";
iMock1.field2=1;
iMock1.field3=2000000000l;
iMock1.field4=new Date();
return iMock1;
case 2:
MockFields iMock2 = new MockFields();
return iMock2;
default:
return null;
}
}
}
/**
* just created mock , in real time this class may generated by
* third party and doesn't have equals method to compare complete
* object
*
*/
class MockFields {
public String field1;
public Integer field2;
public Long field3;
public Date field4;
}
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