Re: How do I use Junit to test whether catch the Exception
On Sep 13, 8:01 pm, RC <raymond.c...@nospam.noaa.gov> wrote:
For example
public void myMethod() {
try {
// do something;
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe);
}
}
I want to use Junit to test myMethod whether
it catches the Exception or not
In Junit I only know
assertTrue
assertEquals
assertNotNull
Have a good look at the JUnit documentation - there are lots more!
BTW, are you using version 3.x or 4.x?
is there method called assertCatch ?
Thanks!
The trick here is to have two tests:
JUnit 4.0 and up:
@Test public void testNormalFlow() {
myMethod();
// put your assertions here;
}
@Test(expected=java.io.IOException.class)
public void testFailure() {
// set up failure condition
myMethod;
}
JUnit 3.8 has a different way to test for exceptions:
public void testFailure() {
// setup failure condition
try {
myMethod();
fail("myMethod should have thrown an IOException");
}
catch (IOException e) {
// do additional asserts
}
}
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