In Java how can I validate a thrown exception with JUnit?

Question

When writing unit tests for a Java API there may be circumstances where you want to perform more detailed validation of an exception. I.e. more than is offered by the @t

Answer 1

Looking at the proposed answers, you can really feel the pain of not having closures in Java. IMHO, the most readable solution is ye good old try catch.

@Test
public void test() {
    ...
    ...
    try {
        ...
        fail("No exception caught :(");
    }
    catch (RuntimeException ex) {
        assertEquals(Whatever.class, ex.getCause().getClass());
        assertEquals("Message", ex.getMessage());
    }
}