assert

Assertions for unit tests in Golang, similar to JUnit.

Usage

In case you use "testing", you can directly call the methods. In case you use a different framework than "testing", you need to reassign the Fail function pointer. Due to a lack of generic exceptions, the assertion methods require a t *testing.T passed. The assertion methods need this to call t.Fail(). Therefore, the possibility of reuse of the assert module for other frameworks is limited.

Differences from JUnit

You cannot make any assumptions whether an assertion stops execution of the current test case. In the default implementation, assertions use t.Fail(), by calling t.Error(). In go testing, this will mark the test case as failed, but the test case still continues. If you map Fail to something else, you may make a test stop instead.

Supported Frameworks

Out of the box, assert supports the following frameworks:

• "testing"
• "github.com/DATA-DOG/godog"

assert with "testing"

To use assert with "testing", pass t *testing.T as first argument to the assertion.

Example:

import (
	"github.com/christianhujer/assert"
	"testing"
)

func TestExample(t *testing.T) {
	assert.Equals(t, 23, 42)
}

assert with "godog"

To use assert with "godog", return the error returned by the assertion.

Example:

import (
	"github.com/christianhujer/assert"
)

func iMUSTHaveHotdogs(expectedHotdogsRemaining int) error {
	return assert.Equals(nil, expectedHotdogsRemaining, hotdogs)
}