Assert that an Option[String] is None.
Assert that an Option[String] is None.
If the condition is None, this method returns normally.
Else, it throws TestFailedException with the String
value of the Some included in the TestFailedException's
detail message.
This form of assert is usually called in conjunction with an
implicit conversion to Equalizer, using a === comparison, as in:
assert(a === b)
For more information on how this mechanism works, see the documentation for
Equalizer.
the Option[String] to assert
Assert that an Option[String] is None.
Assert that an Option[String] is None.
If the condition is None, this method returns normally.
Else, it throws TestFailedException with the String
value of the Some, as well as the
String obtained by invoking toString on the
specified message,
included in the TestFailedException's detail message.
This form of assert is usually called in conjunction with an
implicit conversion to Equalizer, using a === comparison, as in:
assert(a === b, "extra info reported if assertion fails")
For more information on how this mechanism works, see the documentation for
Equalizer.
the Option[String] to assert
An objects whose toString method returns a message to include in a failure report.
Assert that a boolean condition, described in String
message, is true.
Assert that a boolean condition, described in String
message, is true.
If the condition is true, this method returns normally.
Else, it throws TestFailedException with the
String obtained by invoking toString on the
specified message as the exception's detail message.
the boolean condition to assert
An objects whose toString method returns a message to include in a failure report.
Assert that a boolean condition is true.
Assert that a boolean condition is true.
If the condition is true, this method returns normally.
Else, it throws TestFailedException.
the boolean condition to assert
Implicit conversion from Any to Equalizer, used to enable
assertions with === comparisons.
Implicit conversion from Any to Equalizer, used to enable
assertions with === comparisons.
For more information on this mechanism, see the documentation for Equalizer.
Because trait Suite mixes in Assertions, this implicit conversion will always be
available by default in ScalaTest Suites. This is the only implicit conversion that is in scope by default in every
ScalaTest Suite. Other implicit conversions offered by ScalaTest, such as those that support the matchers DSL
or invokePrivate, must be explicitly invited into your test code, either by mixing in a trait or importing the
members of its companion object. The reason ScalaTest requires you to invite in implicit conversions (with the exception of the
implicit conversion for === operator) is because if one of ScalaTest's implicit conversions clashes with an
implicit conversion used in the code you are trying to test, your program won't compile. Thus there is a chance that if you
are ever trying to use a library or test some code that also offers an implicit conversion involving a === operator,
you could run into the problem of a compiler error due to an ambiguous implicit conversion. If that happens, you can turn off
the implicit conversion offered by this convertToEqualizer method simply by overriding the method in your
Suite subclass, but not marking it as implicit:
// In your Suite subclass override def convertToEqualizer(left: Any) = new Equalizer(left)
the object whose type to convert to Equalizer.
Executes the test specified as testName in this Suite with the specified configMap, printing
results to the standard output.
Executes the test specified as testName in this Suite with the specified configMap, printing
results to the standard output.
This method implementation calls run on this Suite, passing in:
testName - Some(testName)reporter - a reporter that prints to the standard outputstopper - a Stopper whose apply method always returns falsefilter - a Filter constructed with None for tagsToInclude and Set()
for tagsToExcludeconfigMap - the specified configMap Map[String, Any]distributor - Nonetracker - a new TrackerThis method serves as a convenient way to execute a single test, passing in some objects via the configMap, especially from
within the Scala interpreter.
Note: In ScalaTest, the terms "execute" and "run" basically mean the same thing and
can be used interchangably. The reason this convenience method and its three overloaded forms
aren't named run is described the documentation of the overloaded form that
takes no parameters: execute().
the name of one test to run.
a Map of key-value pairs that can be used by the executing Suite of tests.
Executes the test specified as testName in this Suite, printing results to the standard output.
Executes the test specified as testName in this Suite, printing results to the standard output.
This method implementation calls run on this Suite, passing in:
testName - Some(testName)reporter - a reporter that prints to the standard outputstopper - a Stopper whose apply method always returns falsefilter - a Filter constructed with None for tagsToInclude and Set()
for tagsToExcludeconfigMap - an empty Map[String, Any]distributor - Nonetracker - a new TrackerThis method serves as a convenient way to run a single test, especially from within the Scala interpreter.
Note: In ScalaTest, the terms "execute" and "run" basically mean the same thing and
can be used interchangably. The reason this convenience method and its three overloaded forms
aren't named run is described the documentation of the overloaded form that
takes no parameters: execute().
the name of one test to run.
Executes this Suite with the specified configMap, printing results to the standard output.
Executes this Suite with the specified configMap, printing results to the standard output.
This method implementation calls run on this Suite, passing in:
testName - Nonereporter - a reporter that prints to the standard outputstopper - a Stopper whose apply method always returns falsefilter - a Filter constructed with None for tagsToInclude and Set()
for tagsToExcludeconfigMap - the specified configMap Map[String, Any]distributor - Nonetracker - a new TrackerThis method serves as a convenient way to execute a Suite, passing in some objects via the configMap, especially from within the Scala interpreter.
Note: In ScalaTest, the terms "execute" and "run" basically mean the same thing and
can be used interchangably. The reason this convenience method and its three overloaded forms
aren't named run is described the documentation of the overloaded form that
takes no parameters: execute().
a Map of key-value pairs that can be used by the executing Suite of tests.
Executes this Suite, printing results to the standard output.
Executes this Suite, printing results to the standard output.
This method implementation calls run on this Suite, passing in:
testName - Nonereporter - a reporter that prints to the standard outputstopper - a Stopper whose apply method always returns falsefilter - a Filter constructed with None for tagsToInclude and Set()
for tagsToExcludeconfigMap - an empty Map[String, Any]distributor - Nonetracker - a new TrackerThis method serves as a convenient way to execute a Suite, especially from
within the Scala interpreter.
Note: In ScalaTest, the terms "execute" and "run" basically mean the same thing and
can be used interchangably. The reason this convenience method and its three overloaded forms
aren't named run
is because junit.framework.TestCase declares a run method
that takes no arguments but returns a junit.framework.TestResult. That
run method would not overload with this method if it were named run,
because it would have the same parameters but a different return type than the one
defined in TestCase. To facilitate integration with JUnit 3, therefore,
these convenience "run" methods are named execute. In particular, this allows trait
org.scalatest.junit.JUnit3Suite to extend both org.scalatest.Suite and
junit.framework.TestCase, which enables the creating of classes that
can be run with either ScalaTest or JUnit 3.
Expect that the value passed as expected equals the value passed as actual.
Expect that the value passed as expected equals the value passed as actual.
If the actual value equals the expected value
(as determined by ==), expect returns
normally. Else, expect throws an
TestFailedException whose detail message includes the expected and actual values.
the expected value
the actual value, which should equal the passed expected value
Expect that the value passed as expected equals the value passed as actual.
Expect that the value passed as expected equals the value passed as actual.
If the actual equals the expected
(as determined by ==), expect returns
normally. Else, if actual is not equal to expected, expect throws an
TestFailedException whose detail message includes the expected and actual values, as well as the String
obtained by invoking toString on the passed message.
the expected value
An object whose toString method returns a message to include in a failure report.
the actual value, which should equal the passed expected value
The total number of tests that are expected to run when this Suite's run method is invoked.
The total number of tests that are expected to run when this Suite's run method is invoked.
This trait's implementation of this method returns the sum of:
testNames List, minus the number of tests marked as ignoredexpectedTestCount on every nested Suite contained in
nestedSuitesa Filter with which to filter tests to count based on their tags
Throws TestFailedException, with the passed
Throwable cause, to indicate a test failed.
Throws TestFailedException, with the passed
Throwable cause, to indicate a test failed.
The getMessage method of the thrown TestFailedException
will return cause.toString().
a Throwable that indicates the cause of the failure.
Throws TestFailedException, with the passed
String message as the exception's detail
message and Throwable cause, to indicate a test failed.
Throws TestFailedException, with the passed
String message as the exception's detail
message and Throwable cause, to indicate a test failed.
A message describing the failure.
A Throwable that indicates the cause of the failure.
Throws TestFailedException, with the passed
String message as the exception's detail
message, to indicate a test failed.
Throws TestFailedException, with the passed
String message as the exception's detail
message, to indicate a test failed.
A message describing the failure.
Throws TestFailedException to indicate a test failed.
Throws TestFailedException to indicate a test failed.
Register a test to ignore, which has the specified name, optional tags, and function value that takes no arguments.
Register a test to ignore, which has the specified name, optional tags, and function value that takes no arguments.
This method will register the test for later ignoring via an invocation of one of the run
methods. This method exists to make it easy to ignore an existing test by changing the call to test
to ignore without deleting or commenting out the actual test code. The test will not be run, but a
report will be sent that indicates the test was ignored. The passed test name must not have been registered previously on
this FunSuite instance.
the name of the test
the optional list of tags for this test
Returns an Informer that during test execution will forward strings (and other objects) passed to its
apply method to the current reporter.
Returns an Informer that during test execution will forward strings (and other objects) passed to its
apply method to the current reporter. If invoked in a constructor, it
will register the passed string for forwarding later during test execution. If invoked while this
FunSuite is being executed, such as from inside a test function, it will forward the information to
the current reporter immediately. If invoked at any other time, it will
throw an exception. This method can be called safely by any thread.
Intercept and return an exception that's expected to be thrown by the passed function value.
Intercept and return an exception that's expected to
be thrown by the passed function value. The thrown exception must be an instance of the
type specified by the type parameter of this method. This method invokes the passed
function. If the function throws an exception that's an instance of the specified type,
this method returns that exception. Else, whether the passed function returns normally
or completes abruptly with a different exception, this method throws TestFailedException.
Note that the type specified as this method's type parameter may represent any subtype of
AnyRef, not just Throwable or one of its subclasses. In
Scala, exceptions can be caught based on traits they implement, so it may at times make sense
to specify a trait that the intercepted exception's class must mix in. If a class instance is
passed for a type that could not possibly be used to catch an exception (such as String,
for example), this method will complete abruptly with a TestFailedException.
the function value that should throw the expected exception
an implicit Manifest representing the type of the specified
type parameter.
the intercepted exception, if it is of the expected type
A List of this Suite object's nested Suites.
A List of this Suite object's nested Suites. If this Suite contains no nested Suites,
this method returns an empty List. This trait's implementation of this method returns an empty List.
Throws TestPendingException to indicate a test is pending.
Throws TestPendingException to indicate a test is pending.
A pending test is one that has been given a name but is not yet implemented. The purpose of pending tests is to facilitate a style of testing in which documentation of behavior is sketched out before tests are written to verify that behavior (and often, the before the behavior of the system being tested is itself implemented). Such sketches form a kind of specification of what tests and functionality to implement later.
To support this style of testing, a test can be given a name that specifies one
bit of behavior required by the system being tested. The test can also include some code that
sends more information about the behavior to the reporter when the tests run. At the end of the test,
it can call method pending, which will cause it to complete abruptly with TestPendingException.
Because tests in ScalaTest can be designated as pending with TestPendingException, both the test name and any information
sent to the reporter when running the test can appear in the report of a test run. (In other words,
the code of a pending test is executed just like any other test.) However, because the test completes abruptly
with TestPendingException, the test will be reported as pending, to indicate
the actual test, and possibly the functionality it is intended to test, has not yet been implemented.
Note: This method always completes abruptly with a TestPendingException. Thus it always has a side
effect. Methods with side effects are usually invoked with parentheses, as in pending(). This
method is defined as a parameterless method, in flagrant contradiction to recommended Scala style, because it
forms a kind of DSL for pending tests. It enables tests in suites such as FunSuite or Spec
to be denoted by placing "(pending)" after the test name, as in:
test("that style rules are not laws") (pending)
Readers of the code see "pending" in parentheses, which looks like a little note attached to the test name to indicate
it is pending. Whereas "(pending()) looks more like a method call, "(pending)" lets readers
stay at a higher level, forgetting how it is implemented and just focusing on the intent of the programmer who wrote the code.
Execute the passed block of code, and if it completes abruptly, throw TestPendingException, else
throw TestFailedException.
Execute the passed block of code, and if it completes abruptly, throw TestPendingException, else
throw TestFailedException.
This method can be used to temporarily change a failing test into a pending test in such a way that it will
automatically turn back into a failing test once the problem originally causing the test to fail has been fixed.
At that point, you need only remove the pendingUntilFixed call. In other words, a
pendingUntilFixed surrounding a block of code that isn't broken is treated as a test failure.
The motivation for this behavior is to encourage people to remove pendingUntilFixed calls when
there are no longer needed.
This method facilitates a style of testing in which tests are written before the code they test. Sometimes you may
encounter a test failure that requires more functionality than you want to tackle without writing more tests. In this
case you can mark the bit of test code causing the failure with pendingUntilFixed. You can then write more
tests and functionality that eventually will get your production code to a point where the original test won't fail anymore.
At this point the code block marked with pendingUntilFixed will no longer throw an exception (because the
problem has been fixed). This will in turn cause pendingUntilFixed to throw TestFailedException
with a detail message explaining you need to go back and remove the pendingUntilFixed call as the problem orginally
causing your test code to fail has been fixed.
a block of code, which if it completes abruptly, should trigger a TestPendingException
Runs this suite of tests.
Runs this suite of tests.
If testName is None, this trait's implementation of this method
calls these two methods on this object in this order:
runNestedSuites(report, stopper, tagsToInclude, tagsToExclude, configMap, distributor)runTests(testName, report, stopper, tagsToInclude, tagsToExclude, configMap)If testName is defined, then this trait's implementation of this method
calls runTests, but does not call runNestedSuites. This behavior
is part of the contract of this method. Subclasses that override run must take
care not to call runNestedSuites if testName is defined. (The
OneInstancePerTest trait depends on this behavior, for example.)
Subclasses and subtraits that override this run method can implement them without
invoking either the runTests or runNestedSuites methods, which
are invoked by this trait's implementation of this method. It is recommended, but not required,
that subclasses and subtraits that override run in a way that does not
invoke runNestedSuites also override runNestedSuites and make it
final. Similarly it is recommended, but not required,
that subclasses and subtraits that override run in a way that does not
invoke runTests also override runTests (and runTest,
which this trait's implementation of runTests calls) and make it
final. The implementation of these final methods can either invoke the superclass implementation
of the method, or throw an UnsupportedOperationException if appropriate. The
reason for this recommendation is that ScalaTest includes several traits that override
these methods to allow behavior to be mixed into a Suite. For example, trait
BeforeAndAfterEach overrides runTestss. In a Suite
subclass that no longer invokes runTests from run, the
BeforeAndAfterEach trait is not applicable. Mixing it in would have no effect.
By making runTests final in such a Suite subtrait, you make
the attempt to mix BeforeAndAfterEach into a subclass of your subtrait
a compiler error. (It would fail to compile with a complaint that BeforeAndAfterEach
is trying to override runTests, which is a final method in your trait.)
an optional name of one test to run. If None, all relevant tests should be run.
I.e., None acts like a wildcard that means run all relevant tests in this Suite.
the Reporter to which results will be reported
the Stopper that will be consulted to determine whether to stop execution early.
a Filter with which to filter tests based on their tags
a Map of key-value pairs that can be used by the executing Suite of tests.
an optional Distributor, into which to put nested Suites to be run
by another entity, such as concurrently by a pool of threads. If None, nested Suites will be run sequentially.
a Tracker tracking Ordinals being fired by the current thread.
Run zero to many of this Suite's nested Suites.
Run zero to many of this Suite's nested Suites.
If the passed distributor is None, this trait's
implementation of this method invokes run on each
nested Suite in the List obtained by invoking nestedSuites.
If a nested Suite's run
method completes abruptly with an exception, this trait's implementation of this
method reports that the Suite aborted and attempts to run the
next nested Suite.
If the passed distributor is defined, this trait's implementation
puts each nested Suite
into the Distributor contained in the Some, in the order in which the
Suites appear in the List returned by nestedSuites, passing
in a new Tracker obtained by invoking nextTracker on the Tracker
passed to this method.
Implementations of this method are responsible for ensuring SuiteStarting events
are fired to the Reporter before executing any nested Suite, and either SuiteCompleted
or SuiteAborted after executing any nested Suite.
the Reporter to which results will be reported
the Stopper that will be consulted to determine whether to stop execution early.
a Filter with which to filter tests based on their tags
a Map of key-value pairs that can be used by the executing Suite of tests.
an optional Distributor, into which to put nested Suites to be run
by another entity, such as concurrently by a pool of threads. If None, nested Suites will be run sequentially.
a Tracker tracking Ordinals being fired by the current thread.
Run a test.
Run a test. This trait's implementation runs the test registered with the name specified by testName.
the name of one test to run.
the Reporter to which results will be reported
the Stopper that will be consulted to determine whether to stop execution early.
a Map of properties that can be used by the executing Suite of tests.
a Tracker tracking Ordinals being fired by the current thread.
Run zero to many of this Spec's tests.
Run zero to many of this Spec's tests.
an optional name of one test to run. If None, all relevant tests should be run.
I.e., None acts like a wildcard that means run all relevant tests in this Suite.
the Reporter to which results will be reported
the Stopper that will be consulted to determine whether to stop execution early.
a Filter with which to filter tests based on their tags
a Map of key-value pairs that can be used by the executing Suite of tests.
an optional Distributor, into which to put nested Suites to be run
by another entity, such as concurrently by a pool of threads. If None, nested Suites will be run sequentially.
a Tracker tracking Ordinals being fired by the current thread.
A user-friendly suite name for this Suite.
A user-friendly suite name for this Suite.
This trait's
implementation of this method returns the simple name of this object's class. This
trait's implementation of runNestedSuites calls this method to obtain a
name for Reports to pass to the suiteStarting, suiteCompleted,
and suiteAborted methods of the Reporter.
this Suite object's suite name.
A Map whose keys are String tag names to which tests in this FunSuite belong, and values
the Set of test names that belong to each tag.
A Map whose keys are String tag names to which tests in this FunSuite belong, and values
the Set of test names that belong to each tag. If this FunSuite contains no tags, this method returns an empty Map.
This trait's implementation returns tags that were passed as strings contained in Tag objects passed to
methods test and ignore.
Register a test with the specified name, optional tags, and function value that takes no arguments.
Register a test with the specified name, optional tags, and function value that takes no arguments.
This method will register the test for later execution via an invocation of one of the run
methods. The passed test name must not have been registered previously on
this FunSuite instance.
the name of the test
the optional list of tags for this test
An immutable Set of test names.
An immutable Set of test names. If this FunSuite contains no tests, this method returns an empty Set.
This trait's implementation of this method will return a set that contains the names of all registered tests. The set's iterator will return those names in the order in which the tests were registered.
Registers shared tests.
Registers shared tests.
This method enables the following syntax for shared tests in a FunSuite:
testsFor(nonEmptyStack(lastValuePushed))
This method just provides syntax sugar intended to make the intent of the code clearer.
Because the parameter passed to it is
type Unit, the expression will be evaluated before being passed, which
is sufficient to register the shared tests. For examples of shared tests, see the
Shared tests section in the main documentation for this trait.
Executes the block of code passed as the second parameter, and, if it
completes abruptly with a ModifiableMessage exception,
prepends the "clue" string passed as the first parameter to the beginning of the detail message
of that thrown exception, then rethrows it.
Executes the block of code passed as the second parameter, and, if it
completes abruptly with a ModifiableMessage exception,
prepends the "clue" string passed as the first parameter to the beginning of the detail message
of that thrown exception, then rethrows it. If clue does not end in a white space
character, one space will be added
between it and the existing detail message (unless the detail message is
not defined).
This method allows you to add more information about what went wrong that will be reported when a test fails. Here's an example:
withClue("(Employee's name was: " + employee.name + ")") {
intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {
employee.getTask(-1)
}
}
If an invocation of intercept completed abruptly with an exception, the resulting message would be something like:
(Employee's name was Bob Jones) Expected IllegalArgumentException to be thrown, but no exception was thrown
Run the passed test function in the context of a fixture established by this method.
Run the passed test function in the context of a fixture established by this method.
This method should set up the fixture needed by the tests of the
current suite, invoke the test function, and if needed, perform any clean
up needed after the test completes. Because the NoArgTest function
passed to this method takes no parameters, preparing the fixture will require
side effects, such as reassigning instance vars in this Suite or initializing
a globally accessible external database. If you want to avoid reassigning instance vars
you can use FixtureSuite.
This trait's implementation of runTest invokes this method for each test, passing
in a NoArgTest whose apply method will execute the code of the test.
This trait's implementation of this method simply invokes the passed NoArgTest function.
the no-arg test function to run with a fixture
The groups methods has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest.
Please call (and override) tags instead.
The groups methods has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ScalaTest.
Please call (and override) tags instead.
scala.this.deprecated.init$default$1
A suite of tests in which each test is represented as a function value. The “
Fun” inFunSuitestands for “function.” Here's an exampleFunSuite:import org.scalatest.FunSuite class MySuite extends FunSuite { test("addition") { val sum = 1 + 1 assert(sum === 2) assert(sum + 2 === 4) } test("subtraction") { val diff = 4 - 1 assert(diff === 3) assert(diff - 2 === 1) } }“
test” is a method, defined inFunSuite, which will be invoked by the primary constructor ofMySuite. You specify the name of the test as a string between the parentheses, and the test code itself between curly braces. The test code is a function passed as a by-name parameter totest, which registers it for later execution. One benefit ofFunSuitecompared toSuiteis you need not name all your tests starting with “test.” In addition, you can more easily give long names to your tests, because you need not encode them in camel case, as most people would tend to do for test method names.A
FunSuite's lifecycle has two phases: the registration phase and the ready phase. It starts in registration phase and enters ready phase the first timerunis called on it. It then remains in ready phase for the remainder of its lifetime.Tests can only be registered with the
testmethod while theFunSuiteis in its registration phase. Any attempt to register a test after theFunSuitehas entered its ready phase, i.e., afterrunhas been invoked on theFunSuite, will be met with a thrownTestRegistrationClosedException. The recommended style of usingFunSuiteis to register tests during object construction as is done in all the examples shown here. If you keep to the recommended style, you should never see aTestRegistrationClosedException.Shared fixtures
A test fixture is objects or other artifacts (such as files, sockets, database connections, etc.) used by tests to do their work. You can use fixtures in
FunSuites with the same approaches suggested forSuitein its documentation. The same text that appears in the test fixture section ofSuite's documentation is repeated here, with examples changed fromSuitetoFunSuite.If a fixture is used by only one test, then the definitions of the fixture objects can be local to the test function, such as the objects assigned to
sumanddiffin the previousMySuiteexamples. If multiple tests need to share a fixture, the best approach is to assign them to instance variables. Here's a (very contrived) example, in which the object assigned tosharedis used by multiple test functions:import org.scalatest.FunSuite class MySuite extends FunSuite { // Sharing immutable fixture objects via instance variables val shared = 5 test("addition") { val sum = 2 + 3 assert(sum === shared) } test("subtraction") { val diff = 7 - 2 assert(diff === shared) } }In some cases, however, shared mutable fixture objects may be changed by tests such that they need to be recreated or reinitialized before each test. Shared resources such as files or database connections may also need to be created and initialized before, and cleaned up after, each test. JUnit offers methods
setUpandtearDownfor this purpose. In ScalaTest, you can use theBeforeAndAfterEachtrait, which will be described later, to implement an approach similar to JUnit'ssetUpandtearDown, however, this approach often involves reassigningvars between tests. Before going that route, you should consider some approaches that avoidvars. One approach is to write one or more create-fixture methods that return a new instance of a needed object (or a tuple or case class holding new instances of multiple objects) each time it is called. You can then call a create-fixture method at the beginning of each test that needs the fixture, storing the fixture object or objects in local variables. Here's an example:import org.scalatest.FunSuite import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer class MySuite extends FunSuite { // create objects needed by tests and return as a tuple def createFixture = ( new StringBuilder("ScalaTest is "), new ListBuffer[String] ) test("easy") { val (builder, lbuf) = createFixture builder.append("easy!") assert(builder.toString === "ScalaTest is easy!") assert(lbuf.isEmpty) lbuf += "sweet" } test("fun") { val (builder, lbuf) = createFixture builder.append("fun!") assert(builder.toString === "ScalaTest is fun!") assert(lbuf.isEmpty) } }If different tests in the same
FunSuiterequire different fixtures, you can create multiple create-fixture methods and call the method (or methods) needed by each test at the begining of the test. If every test requires the same set of mutable fixture objects, one other approach you can take is make them simplyvals and mix in traitOneInstancePerTest. If you mix inOneInstancePerTest, each test will be run in its own instance of theFunSuite, similar to the way JUnit tests are executed.Although the create-fixture and
OneInstancePerTestapproaches take care of setting up a fixture before each test, they don't address the problem of cleaning up a fixture after the test completes. In this situation, one option is to mix in theBeforeAndAfterEachtrait.BeforeAndAfterEach'sbeforeEachmethod will be run before, and itsafterEachmethod after, each test (like JUnit'ssetUpandtearDownmethods, respectively). For example, you could create a temporary file before each test, and delete it afterwords, like this:import org.scalatest.FunSuite import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterEach import java.io.FileReader import java.io.FileWriter import java.io.File class MySuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterEach { private val FileName = "TempFile.txt" private var reader: FileReader = _ // Set up the temp file needed by the test override def beforeEach() { val writer = new FileWriter(FileName) try { writer.write("Hello, test!") } finally { writer.close() } // Create the reader needed by the test reader = new FileReader(FileName) } // Close and delete the temp file override def afterEach() { reader.close() val file = new File(FileName) file.delete() } test("reading from the temp file") { var builder = new StringBuilder var c = reader.read() while (c != -1) { builder.append(c.toChar) c = reader.read() } assert(builder.toString === "Hello, test!") } test("first char of the temp file") { assert(reader.read() === 'H') } test("without a fixture") { assert(1 + 1 === 2) } }In this example, the instance variable
readeris avar, so it can be reinitialized between tests by thebeforeEachmethod.Although the
BeforeAndAfterEachapproach should be familiar to the users of most test other frameworks, ScalaTest provides another alternative that also allows you to perform cleanup after each test: overridingwithFixture(NoArgTest). To execute each test,Suite's implementation of therunTestmethod wraps an invocation of the appropriate test method in a no-arg function.runTestpasses that test function to thewithFixture(NoArgTest)method, which is responsible for actually running the test by invoking the function.Suite's implementation ofwithFixture(NoArgTest)simply invokes the function, like this:// Default implementation protected def withFixture(test: NoArgTest) { test() }The
withFixture(NoArgTest)method exists so that you can override it and set a fixture up before, and clean it up after, each test. Thus, the previous temp file example could also be implemented without mixing inBeforeAndAfterEach, like this:import org.scalatest.FunSuite import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterEach import java.io.FileReader import java.io.FileWriter import java.io.File class MySuite extends FunSuite { private var reader: FileReader = _ override def withFixture(test: NoArgTest) { val FileName = "TempFile.txt" // Set up the temp file needed by the test val writer = new FileWriter(FileName) try { writer.write("Hello, test!") } finally { writer.close() } // Create the reader needed by the test reader = new FileReader(FileName) try { test() // Invoke the test function } finally { // Close and delete the temp file reader.close() val file = new File(FileName) file.delete() } } test("reading from the temp file") { var builder = new StringBuilder var c = reader.read() while (c != -1) { builder.append(c.toChar) c = reader.read() } assert(builder.toString === "Hello, test!") } test("first char of the temp file") { assert(reader.read() === 'H') } test("without a fixture") { assert(1 + 1 === 2) } }If you prefer to keep your test classes immutable, one final variation is to use the
FixtureFunSuitetrait from theorg.scalatest.fixturepackage. Tests in anorg.scalatest.fixture.FixtureFunSuitecan have a fixture object passed in as a parameter. You must indicate the type of the fixture object by defining theFixturetype member and define awithFixturemethod that takes a one-arg test function. (AFixtureFunSuitehas two overloadedwithFixturemethods, therefore, one that takes aOneArgTestand the other, inherited fromSuite, that takes aNoArgTest.) Inside thewithFixture(OneArgTest)method, you create the fixture, pass it into the test function, then perform any necessary cleanup after the test function returns. Instead of invoking each test directly, aFixtureFunSuitewill pass a function that invokes the code of a test towithFixture(OneArgTest). YourwithFixture(OneArgTest)method, therefore, is responsible for actually running the code of the test by invoking the test function. For example, you could pass the temp file reader fixture to each test that needs it by overriding thewithFixture(OneArgTest)method of aFixtureFunSuite, like this:import org.scalatest.fixture.FixtureFunSuite import java.io.FileReader import java.io.FileWriter import java.io.File class MySuite extends FixtureFunSuite { type FixtureParam = FileReader def withFixture(test: OneArgTest) { val FileName = "TempFile.txt" // Set up the temp file needed by the test val writer = new FileWriter(FileName) try { writer.write("Hello, test!") } finally { writer.close() } // Create the reader needed by the test val reader = new FileReader(FileName) try { // Run the test using the temp file test(reader) } finally { // Close and delete the temp file reader.close() val file = new File(FileName) file.delete() } } test("reading from the temp file") { reader => var builder = new StringBuilder var c = reader.read() while (c != -1) { builder.append(c.toChar) c = reader.read() } assert(builder.toString === "Hello, test!") } test("first char of the temp file") { reader => assert(reader.read() === 'H') } test("without a fixture") { () => assert(1 + 1 === 2) } }It is worth noting that the only difference in the test code between the mutable
BeforeAndAfterEachapproach shown here and the immutableFixtureFunSuiteapproach shown previously is that two of theFixtureFunSuite's test functions take aFileReaderas a parameter via the "reader =>" at the beginning of the function. Otherwise the test code is identical. One benefit of the explicit parameter is that, as demonstrated by the "without a fixture" test, aFixtureFunSuitetest need not take the fixture. So you can have some tests that take a fixture, and others that don't. In this case, theFixtureFunSuiteprovides documentation indicating which tests use the fixture and which don't, whereas theBeforeAndAfterEachapproach does not. (If you have want to combine tests that take different fixture types in the sameFunSuite, you can use MultipleFixtureFunSuite.)If you want to execute code before and after all tests (and nested suites) in a suite, such want to execute code before and after all tests (and nested suites) in a suite, such as you could do with
@BeforeClassand@AfterClassannotations in JUnit 4, you can use thebeforeAllandafterAllmethods ofBeforeAndAfterAll. See the documentation forBeforeAndAfterAllfor an example.Shared tests
Sometimes you may want to run the same test code on different fixture objects. In other words, you may want to write tests that are "shared" by different fixture objects. To accomplish this in a
FunSuite, you first place shared tests in behavior functions. These behavior functions will be invoked during the construction phase of anyFunSuitethat uses them, so that the tests they contain will be registered as tests in thatFunSuite. For example, given this stack class:import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer class Stack[T] { val MAX = 10 private var buf = new ListBuffer[T] def push(o: T) { if (!full) o +: buf else throw new IllegalStateException("can't push onto a full stack") } def pop(): T = { if (!empty) buf.remove(0) else throw new IllegalStateException("can't pop an empty stack") } def peek: T = { if (!empty) buf(0) else throw new IllegalStateException("can't pop an empty stack") } def full: Boolean = buf.size == MAX def empty: Boolean = buf.size == 0 def size = buf.size override def toString = buf.mkString("Stack(", ", ", ")") }You may want to test the
Stackclass in different states: empty, full, with one item, with one item less than capacity, etc. You may find you have several tests that make sense any time the stack is non-empty. Thus you'd ideally want to run those same tests for three stack fixture objects: a full stack, a stack with a one item, and a stack with one item less than capacity. With shared tests, you can factor these tests out into a behavior function, into which you pass the stack fixture to use when running the tests. So in yourFunSuitefor stack, you'd invoke the behavior function three times, passing in each of the three stack fixtures so that the shared tests are run for all three fixtures.You can define a behavior function that encapsulates these shared tests inside the
FunSuitethat uses them. If they are shared between differentFunSuites, however, you could also define them in a separate trait that is mixed into eachFunSuitethat uses them. For example, here thenonEmptyStackbehavior function (in this case, a behavior method) is defined in a trait along with another method containing shared tests for non-full stacks:import org.scalatest.FunSuite trait FunSuiteStackBehaviors { this: FunSuite => def nonEmptyStack(createNonEmptyStack: => Stack[Int], lastItemAdded: Int) { test("empty is invoked on this non-empty stack: " + createNonEmptyStack.toString) { val stack = createNonEmptyStack assert(!stack.empty) } test("peek is invoked on this non-empty stack: " + createNonEmptyStack.toString) { val stack = createNonEmptyStack val size = stack.size assert(stack.peek === lastItemAdded) assert(stack.size === size) } test("pop is invoked on this non-empty stack: " + createNonEmptyStack.toString) { val stack = createNonEmptyStack val size = stack.size assert(stack.pop === lastItemAdded) assert(stack.size === size - 1) } } def nonFullStack(createNonFullStack: => Stack[Int]) { test("full is invoked on this non-full stack: " + createNonFullStack.toString) { val stack = createNonFullStack assert(!stack.full) } test("push is invoked on this non-full stack: " + createNonFullStack.toString) { val stack = createNonFullStack val size = stack.size stack.push(7) assert(stack.size === size + 1) assert(stack.peek === 7) } } }Given these behavior functions, you could invoke them directly, but
FunSuiteoffers a DSL for the purpose, which looks like this:If you prefer to use an imperative style to change fixtures, for example by mixing in
BeforeAndAfterEachand reassigning astackvarinbeforeEach, you could write your behavior functions in the context of thatvar, which means you wouldn't need to pass in the stack fixture because it would be in scope already inside the behavior function. In that case, your code would look like this:The recommended style, however, is the functional, pass-all-the-needed-values-in style. Here's an example:
import org.scalatest.FunSuite class StackFunSuite extends FunSuite with FunSuiteStackBehaviors { // Stack fixture creation methods def emptyStack = new Stack[Int] def fullStack = { val stack = new Stack[Int] for (i <- 0 until stack.MAX) stack.push(i) stack } def stackWithOneItem = { val stack = new Stack[Int] stack.push(9) stack } def stackWithOneItemLessThanCapacity = { val stack = new Stack[Int] for (i <- 1 to 9) stack.push(i) stack } val lastValuePushed = 9 test("empty is invoked on an empty stack") { val stack = emptyStack assert(stack.empty) } test("peek is invoked on an empty stack") { val stack = emptyStack intercept[IllegalStateException] { stack.peek } } test("pop is invoked on an empty stack") { val stack = emptyStack intercept[IllegalStateException] { emptyStack.pop } } testsFor(nonEmptyStack(stackWithOneItem, lastValuePushed)) testsFor(nonFullStack(stackWithOneItem)) testsFor(nonEmptyStack(stackWithOneItemLessThanCapacity, lastValuePushed)) testsFor(nonFullStack(stackWithOneItemLessThanCapacity)) test("full is invoked on a full stack") { val stack = fullStack assert(stack.full) } testsFor(nonEmptyStack(fullStack, lastValuePushed)) test("push is invoked on a full stack") { val stack = fullStack intercept[IllegalStateException] { stack.push(10) } } }If you load these classes into the Scala interpreter (with scalatest's JAR file on the class path), and execute it, you'll see:
One thing to keep in mind when using shared tests is that in ScalaTest, each test in a suite must have a unique name. If you register the same tests repeatedly in the same suite, one problem you may encounter is an exception at runtime complaining that multiple tests are being registered with the same test name. In a
FunSuitethere is no nesting construct analogous toSpec'sdescribeclause. Therefore, you need to do a bit of extra work to ensure that the test names are unique. If a duplicate test name problem shows up in aFunSuite, you'll need to pass in a prefix or suffix string to add to each test name. You can pass this string the same way you pass any other data needed by the shared tests, or just calltoStringon the shared fixture object. This is the approach taken by the previousFunSuiteStackBehaviorsexample.Given this
FunSuiteStackBehaviorstrait, calling it with thestackWithOneItemfixture, like this:yields test names:
empty is invoked on this non-empty stack: Stack(9)peek is invoked on this non-empty stack: Stack(9)pop is invoked on this non-empty stack: Stack(9)Whereas calling it with the
stackWithOneItemLessThanCapacityfixture, like this:yields different test names:
empty is invoked on this non-empty stack: Stack(9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)peek is invoked on this non-empty stack: Stack(9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)pop is invoked on this non-empty stack: Stack(9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)Tagging tests
A
FunSuite's tests may be classified into groups by tagging them with string names. As with any suite, when executing aFunSuite, groups of tests can optionally be included and/or excluded. To tag aFunSuite's tests, you pass objects that extend abstract classorg.scalatest.Tagto methods that register tests,testandignore. ClassTagtakes one parameter, a string name. If you have created Java annotation interfaces for use as group names in direct subclasses oforg.scalatest.Suite, then you will probably want to use group names on yourFunSuites that match. To do so, simply pass the fully qualified names of the Java interfaces to theTagconstructor. For example, if you've defined Java annotation interfaces with fully qualified names,com.mycompany.groups.SlowTestandcom.mycompany.groups.DbTest, then you could create matching groups forFunSuites like this:import org.scalatest.Tag object SlowTest extends Tag("com.mycompany.groups.SlowTest") object DbTest extends Tag("com.mycompany.groups.DbTest")Given these definitions, you could place
FunSuitetests into groups like this:import org.scalatest.FunSuite class MySuite extends FunSuite { test("addition", SlowTest) { val sum = 1 + 1 assert(sum === 2) assert(sum + 2 === 4) } test("subtraction", SlowTest, DbTest) { val diff = 4 - 1 assert(diff === 3) assert(diff - 2 === 1) } }This code marks both tests, "addition" and "subtraction," with the
com.mycompany.groups.SlowTesttag, and test "subtraction" with thecom.mycompany.groups.DbTesttag.The primary
runmethod takes aFilter, whose constructor takes an optionalSet[String]s calledtagsToIncludeand aSet[String]calledtagsToExclude. IftagsToIncludeisNone, all tests will be run except those those belonging to tags listed in thetagsToExcludeSet. IftagsToIncludeis defined, only tests belonging to tags mentioned in thetagsToIncludeset, and not mentioned intagsToExclude, will be run.Ignored tests
To support the common use case of “temporarily” disabling a test, with the good intention of resurrecting the test at a later time,
FunSuiteprovides registration methods that start withignoreinstead oftest. For example, to temporarily disable the test namedaddition, just change “test” into “ignore,” like this:import org.scalatest.FunSuite class MySuite extends FunSuite { ignore("addition") { val sum = 1 + 1 assert(sum === 2) assert(sum + 2 === 4) } test("subtraction") { val diff = 4 - 1 assert(diff === 3) assert(diff - 2 === 1) } }If you run this version of
MySuitewith:It will run only
subtractionand report thatadditionwas ignored:Pending tests
A pending test is one that has been given a name but is not yet implemented. The purpose of pending tests is to facilitate a style of testing in which documentation of behavior is sketched out before tests are written to verify that behavior (and often, the before the behavior of the system being tested is itself implemented). Such sketches form a kind of specification of what tests and functionality to implement later.
To support this style of testing, a test can be given a name that specifies one bit of behavior required by the system being tested. The test can also include some code that sends more information about the behavior to the reporter when the tests run. At the end of the test, it can call method
pending, which will cause it to complete abruptly withTestPendingException. Because tests in ScalaTest can be designated as pending withTestPendingException, both the test name and any information sent to the reporter when running the test can appear in the report of a test run. (In other words, the code of a pending test is executed just like any other test.) However, because the test completes abruptly withTestPendingException, the test will be reported as pending, to indicate the actual test, and possibly the functionality, has not yet been implemented.Although pending tests may be used more often in specification-style suites, such as
org.scalatest.Spec, you can also use it inFunSuite, like this:import org.scalatest.FunSuite class MySuite extends FunSuite { test("addition") { val sum = 1 + 1 assert(sum === 2) assert(sum + 2 === 4) } test("subtraction") (pending) }(Note: "
(pending)" is the body of the test. Thus the test contains just one statement, an invocation of thependingmethod, which throwsTestPendingException.) If you run this version ofMySuitewith:It will run both tests, but report that
subtractionis pending. You'll see:Informers
One of the parameters to the primary
runmethod is aReporter, which will collect and report information about the running suite of tests. Information about suites and tests that were run, whether tests succeeded or failed, and tests that were ignored will be passed to theReporteras the suite runs. Most often the reporting done by default byFunSuite's methods will be sufficient, but occasionally you may wish to provide custom information to theReporterfrom a test. For this purpose, anInformerthat will forward information to the currentReporteris provided via theinfoparameterless method. You can pass the extra information to theInformervia one of itsapplymethods. TheInformerwill then pass the information to theReportervia anInfoProvidedevent. Here's an example:import org.scalatest.FunSuite class MySuite extends FunSuite { test("addition") { val sum = 1 + 1 assert(sum === 2) assert(sum + 2 === 4) info("Addition seems to work") } }If you run this
Suitefrom the interpreter, you will see the following message included in the printed report: