Difference between hamcrest-library Matchers and hamcrest-core CoreMatchers

Question

It looks like the hamcrest org.hamcrest.Matchers class is very similar to org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers (though it looks like Matchers has mor

Answer 1

If you use Android's JUnit tests (not connected tests), the CoreMatchers seem to be available inside the already-included junit module, while the Matchers are not.

Thus, to save overhead, and to avoid importing another library, consider using the CoreMatcher versions of these classes if they suffice:

assertThat(chrome.twiddle(), is(equalTo(0)));

is possible using only CoreMatchers.