ComparisonFailure

   

ComparisonFailure

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Description

ComparisonFailure (see Figure B-3) is a specialized subclass of AssertionFailedError . It is thrown only by the versions of assertEquals( ) that compare String s.

Figure B-3. The class ComparisonFailure

Declaration

 public class ComparisonFailure extends AssertionFailedError 

Constructors

ComparisonFailure(String message, String expected, String actual)

The constructor for ComparisonFailure .

Public Methods

String getMessage( )

Returns the failure description message. The redundant parts of the compared String s are replaced with " .. ." so that only the parts that differ are reported .

Protected/Private Methods

None.

Attributes

private String fActual

private String fExpected

The private attributes containing copies of the strings being compared.