ComparisonFailure

Thrown when an assert equals for Strings failed. Inspired by a patch from Alex Chaffee mailto:alex@purpletech.com

Summary

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

Public Constructors

ComparisonFailure(String message, String expected, String actual)

Constructs a comparison failure.

Public Methods
String	getActual() Gets the actual string value
String	getExpected() Gets the expected string value
String	getMessage() Returns "..." in place of common prefix and "..." in place of common suffix between expected and actual.

Public Methods

String

getActual()

Gets the actual string value

String

getExpected()

Gets the expected string value

String

getMessage()

Returns "..." in place of common prefix and "..." in place of common suffix between expected and actual.

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Throwable

Throwable	fillInStackTrace() Records the stack trace from the point where this method has been called to this `Throwable`.
Throwable	getCause() Returns the cause of this `Throwable`, or `null` if there is no cause.
String	getLocalizedMessage() Returns the extra information message which was provided when this `Throwable` was created.
String	getMessage() Returns the extra information message which was provided when this `Throwable` was created.
StackTraceElement[]	getStackTrace() Returns the array of stack trace elements of this `Throwable`.
Throwable	initCause(Throwable throwable) Initializes the cause of this `Throwable`.
void	printStackTrace(PrintWriter err) Writes a printable representation of this `Throwable`'s stack trace to the specified print writer.
void	printStackTrace(PrintStream err) Writes a printable representation of this `Throwable`'s stack trace to the specified print stream.
void	printStackTrace() Writes a printable representation of this `Throwable`'s stack trace to the `System.err` stream.
void	setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] trace) Sets the array of stack trace elements.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this `Object`.
boolean	equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of `Class` that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.
final void	wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.

Public Constructors

public ComparisonFailure (String message, String expected, String actual)

Since: API Level 1

Constructs a comparison failure.

Parameters

message	the identifying message or null
expected	the expected string value
actual	the actual string value

Public Methods

public String getActual ()

Since: API Level 16

Gets the actual string value

Returns

the actual string value

public String getExpected ()

Since: API Level 16

Gets the expected string value

Returns

the expected string value

public String getMessage ()

Since: API Level 1

Returns "..." in place of common prefix and "..." in place of common suffix between expected and actual.

Returns

this Throwable's detail message.

java.lang.Object
↳	java.lang.Throwable
	↳	java.lang.Error
		↳	java.lang.AssertionError
			↳	junit.framework.AssertionFailedError
				↳	junit.framework.ComparisonFailure

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Interfaces

Classes

Errors

Class Overview

Summary

Public Constructors

public ComparisonFailure (String message, String expected, String actual)

Parameters

Public Methods

public String getActual ()

Returns

public String getExpected ()

Returns

public String getMessage ()

Returns

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