UnitTest.java
package org.djutils.test;
/**
* UnitTest has the methods to do a testFail(..) method for a unit test.
* <p>
* Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved. See
* for project information <a href="https://djutils.org" target="_blank"> https://djutils.org</a>. The DJUTILS project is
* distributed under a three-clause BSD-style license, which can be found at
* <a href="https://djutils.org/docs/license.html" target="_blank"> https://djutils.org/docs/license.html</a>.
* </p>
* @author <a href="https://github.com/averbraeck">Alexander Verbraeck</a>
* @author <a href="https://github.com/peter-knoppers">Peter Knoppers</a>
* @author <a href="https://github.com/wjschakel">Wouter Schakel</a>
*/
public final class UnitTest
{
/** private constructor for utility class. */
private UnitTest()
{
// utility class
}
/**
* Method for unit tests to test if an expected exception is thrown on an assignment. This method does not provide an
* explanation, and it is not checking for a specific type of exception to be thrown. The testFail() method throws an
* AssertionError when the assignment does not throw any exception. A way to use the method is, for instance: <br>
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* UnitTest.testFail(() -> methodFailsOnNull(null));
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* or
*
* <pre><code>
* UnitTest.testFail(new Try.Assignment<Double>()
* {
* {@literal @}Override
* public Double assign() throws Throwable
* {
* return methodFailsOnNull(null);
* }
* });
* </code></pre>
*
* @param assignment functional interface to assign value
* @param <V> value type, which is the return type of the assignment
* @return assigned value
* @throws AssertionError when the assignment fails to throw an exception
*/
public static <V> V testFail(final Assignment<V> assignment)
{
return testFail(assignment, null, Throwable.class);
}
/**
* Method for unit tests to test if an expected exception is thrown on an assignment. This method provides an explanation
* message, but it is not checking for a specific type of exception to be thrown. The testFail() method throws an
* AssertionError when the assignment does not throw an exception. A way to use the method is, for instance: <br>
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* UnitTest.testFail(() -> methodFailsOnNull(null), "call should have thrown an NPE");
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* or
*
* <pre><code>
* UnitTest.testFail(new Try.Assignment<Double>()
* {
* {@literal @}Override
* public Double assign() throws Throwable
* {
* return methodFailsOnNull(null);
* }
* }, "call should have thrown an NPE");
* </code></pre>
*
* @param assignment functional interface to assign value
* @param <V> value type, which is the return type of the assignment
* @param message message to use in the AssertionError when the assignment succeeds
* @return assigned value
* @throws AssertionError when the assignment fails to throw an exception
*/
public static <V> V testFail(final Assignment<V> assignment, final String message)
{
return testFail(assignment, message, Throwable.class);
}
/**
* Method for unit tests to test if an expected exception is thrown on an assignment. This method does not provide an
* explanation, but it is checking for a specific type of exception to be thrown. The testFail() method throws an
* AssertionError when the assignment does not throw an exception, or when it throws a different exception than
* expectedThrowableClass. A way to use the method is, for instance: <br>
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* UnitTest.testFail(() -> methodFailsOnNull(null), NullPointerException.class);
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* or
*
* <pre><code>
* UnitTest.testFail(new Try.Assignment<Double>()
* {
* {@literal @}Override
* public Double assign() throws Throwable
* {
* return methodFailsOnNull(null);
* }
* }, NullPointerException.class);
* </code></pre>
*
* @param assignment functional interface to assign value
* @param expectedThrowableClass the class of the exception we expect the assignment to throw
* @param <V> value type, which is the return type of the assignment
* @param <T> throwable type, which ensures that we provide a throwable class as the argument
* @return assigned value
* @throws AssertionError when the assignment fails to throw an exception or the correct exception
*/
public static <V, T extends Throwable> V testFail(final Assignment<V> assignment, final Class<T> expectedThrowableClass)
{
return testFail(assignment, null, expectedThrowableClass);
}
/**
* Method for unit tests to test if an expected exception is thrown on an assignment. This method provides an explanation
* message, and it is checking for a specific type of exception to be thrown. The testFail() method throws an AssertionError
* when the assignment does not throw an exception, or when it throws a different exception than expectedThrowableClass. A
* way to use the method is, for instance: <br>
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* UnitTest.testFail(() -> methodFailsOnNull(null), "call should have thrown an NPE", NullPointerException.class);
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* or
*
* <pre><code>
* UnitTest.testFail(new Try.Assignment<Double>()
* {
* {@literal @}Override
* public Double assign() throws Throwable
* {
* return methodFailsOnNull(null);
* }
* }, "call should have thrown an NPE", NullPointerException.class);
* </code></pre>
*
* @param assignment functional interface to assign value
* @param message message to use in the AssertionError when the test fails
* @param expectedThrowableClass the class of the exception we expect the assignment to throw
* @param <V> value type, which is the return type of the assignment
* @param <T> throwable type, which ensures that we provide a throwable class as the argument
* @return assigned value
*/
public static <V, T extends Throwable> V testFail(final Assignment<V> assignment, final String message,
final Class<T> expectedThrowableClass)
{
try
{
assignment.assign();
}
catch (Throwable cause)
{
if (!expectedThrowableClass.isAssignableFrom(cause.getClass()))
{
throw new AssertionError(message + "; Assignment failed on unexpected Throwable, expected ("
+ expectedThrowableClass.getSimpleName() + "), but got (" + cause.getClass().getSimpleName() + ").");
}
return null;
}
throw new AssertionError(message + "; Assignment did not throw any exception");
}
/**
* Method for unit tests to test if an expected exception is thrown on code execution. This method does not provide an
* explanation message, nor is it checking for a specific type of exception to be thrown. The testFail() method throws an
* AssertionError when the execution does not throw an exception. A way to use the method is, for instance: <br>
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* UnitTest.testFail(() -> methodFailsOnNull(null));
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* or
*
* <pre><code>
* UnitTest.testFail(new Try.Execution()
* {
* {@literal @}Override
* public void execute() throws Throwable
* {
* methodFailsOnNull(null);
* }
* });
* </code></pre>
*
* @param execution functional interface to execute a method that does not need to return a value
*/
public static void testFail(final Execution execution)
{
testFail(execution, null, Throwable.class);
}
/**
* Method for unit tests to test if an expected exception is thrown on code execution. This method provides an explanation
* message, but it is not checking for a specific type of exception to be thrown. The testFail() method throws an
* AssertionError when the execution does not throw an exception, or when it throws a different exception than
* expectedThrowableClass. A way to use the method is, for instance: <br>
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* UnitTest.testFail(() -> methodFailsOnNull(null), "call should have thrown an NPE");
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* or
*
* <pre><code>
* UnitTest.testFail(new Try.Execution()
* {
* {@literal @}Override
* public void execute() throws Throwable
* {
* methodFailsOnNull(null);
* }
* }, "call should have thrown an NPE");
* </code></pre>
*
* @param execution functional interface to execute a method that does not need to return a value
* @param message message to use in the AssertionError when the test fails
*/
public static void testFail(final Execution execution, final String message)
{
testFail(execution, message, Throwable.class);
}
/**
* Method for unit tests to test if an expected exception is thrown on code execution. This method does not provide an
* explanation message, but it is checking for a specific type of exception to be thrown. The testFail() method throws an
* AssertionError when the execution does not throw an exception, or when it throws a different exception than
* expectedThrowableClass. A way to use the method is, for instance: <br>
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* UnitTest.testFail(() -> methodFailsOnNull(null), NullPointerException.class);
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* or
*
* <pre><code>
* UnitTest.testFail(new Try.Execution()
* {
* {@literal @}Override
* public void execute() throws Throwable
* {
* methodFailsOnNull(null);
* }
* }, NullPointerException.class);
* </code></pre>
*
* @param execution functional interface to execute a method that does not need to return a value
* @param expectedThrowableClass the class of the exception we expect the execution to throw
* @param <T> throwable type, which ensures that we provide a throwable class as the argument
*/
public static <T extends Throwable> void testFail(final Execution execution, final Class<T> expectedThrowableClass)
{
testFail(execution, null, expectedThrowableClass);
}
/**
* Method for unit tests to test if an expected exception is thrown on code execution. This method provides an explanation
* message, and it is checking for a specific type of exception to be thrown. The testFail() method throws an AssertionError
* when the execution does not throw an exception, or when it throws a different exception than expectedThrowableClass. A
* way to use the method is, for instance: <br>
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* UnitTest.testFail(() -> methodFailsOnNull(null), "call should have thrown an NPE", NullPointerException.class);
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* or
*
* <pre><code>
* UnitTest.testFail(new Try.Execution()
* {
* {@literal @}Override
* public void execute() throws Throwable
* {
* methodFailsOnNull(null);
* }
* }, "call should have thrown an NPE", NullPointerException.class);
* </code></pre>
*
* @param execution functional interface to execute a method that does not need to return a value
* @param message message to use in the AssertionError when the test fails
* @param expectedThrowableClass the class of the exception we expect the execution to throw
* @param <T> throwable type, which ensures that we provide a throwable class as the argument
*/
public static <T extends Throwable> void testFail(final Execution execution, final String message,
final Class<T> expectedThrowableClass)
{
try
{
execution.execute();
}
catch (Throwable cause)
{
if (!expectedThrowableClass.isAssignableFrom(cause.getClass()))
{
throw new AssertionError(message + "; Execution failed on unexpected Throwable, expected ("
+ expectedThrowableClass.getSimpleName() + "), but got (" + cause.getClass().getSimpleName() + ").");
}
// expected to fail
return;
}
throw new AssertionError(message + "; Execution did not throw any exception");
}
// Interfaces
/**
* Functional interface for calls to Try.assign(...). For this a lambda expression can be used.
*
* <pre>
* FileInputStream fis = Try.assign(() -> new FileInputStream(fileString), IllegalArgumentException.class,
* "File %s is not a valid file.", fileString);
* </pre>
* <p>
* Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
* <br>
* BSD-style license. See <a href="https://djutils.org/docs/current/djutils/licenses.html">DJUTILS License</a>.
* </p>
* @author <a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/averbraeck">Alexander Verbraeck</a>
* @author <a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/staff/p.knoppers/">Peter Knoppers</a>
* @param <V> value type
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface Assignment<V>
{
/**
* Returns a value which is obtained from the context in which the Assignment was created.
* @return value which is obtained from the context in which the Assignment was created
* @throws Throwable on any throwable in the try
*/
V assign() throws Throwable;
}
/**
* Functional interface for calls to Try.execute(...). For this a lambda expression can be used.
*
* <pre>
* Try.execute(() -> fis.close(), "Could not close the file.");
* </pre>
* <p>
* Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
* <br>
* BSD-style license. See <a href="https://djutils.org/docs/current/djutils/licenses.html">DJUTILS License</a>.
* </p>
* @author <a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/averbraeck">Alexander Verbraeck</a>
* @author <a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/staff/p.knoppers/">Peter Knoppers</a>
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface Execution
{
/**
* Executes some code using the context in which the Execution was created.
* @throws Throwable on any throwable in the try
*/
void execute() throws Throwable;
}
}