Assert regex matches in JUnit

Question

Ruby\'s Test::Unit has a nice assert_matches method that can be used in unit tests to assert that a regex matches a string.

Is there anythi

Answer 1

You can use Hamcrest and jcabi-matchers:

import static com.jcabi.matchers.RegexMatchers.matchesPattern;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
assertThat("test", matchesPattern("[a-z]+"));

More details here: Regular Expression Hamcrest Matchers.

You will need these two dependencies in classpath:

  org.hamcrest
  hamcrest-core
  1.3
  test


  com.jcabi
  jcabi-matchers
  1.3
  test