hamcrest assertThat api code example

Example 1: what is hamcrest for

Hamcrest is a framework for writing matcher objects
allowing 'match' rules to be defined declaratively.


import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
public class BiscuitTest {
@Test
public void testEquals() {
Biscuit theBiscuit = new Biscuit("Ginger");
Biscuit myBiscuit = new Biscuit("Ginger");
assertThat(theBiscuit, equalTo(myBiscuit));

Example 2: error: The method assertThat(T, Matcher) in the type MatcherAssert is not applicable for the arguments (List, Matcher>)

assertTrue(result instanceof String);
// error message:
java.lang.AssertionError
    at org.junit.Assert.fail(Assert.java:86)
    at org.junit.Assert.assertTrue(Assert.java:41)
    at org.junit.Assert.assertTrue(Assert.java:52)
// ...


assertEquals(String.class, result.getClass());
// error message:
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.vogella.hamcrest.HamcrestTest.test(HamcrestTest.java:30)
// ....


assertThat(result, instanceOf(String.class));
// error message:
java.lang.AssertionError:
Expected: an instance of java.lang.String
     but: null
    at org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat(MatcherAssert.java:20)
    at org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat(MatcherAssert.java:8)
// ...