JUnit Exception Testing

Question

Edit: Not JUnit 4 available at this time.

Hi there,

I have a question about \"smart\" exception testing with JUnit. At this time, I do it like this:

Answer 1

With JUnit 4, you can use annotations instead. However, you should separate your test into 3 distinct methods for this to work cleanly. Note that IMHO catching an exception in the first scenario should be a failure, so I modified the catch block accordingly.

public void testGet() {
    SoundFileManager sfm = new SoundFileManager();

    // Test adding a sound file and then getting it by id and name.
    try {
        SoundFile addedFile = sfm.addSoundfile("E:\\Eclipse_Prj\\pSound\\data\\Adrenaline01.wav");
        SoundFile sf = sfm.getSoundfile(addedFile.getID());
        assertTrue(sf!=null);
        System.out.println(sf.toString());

        sf = sfm.getSoundfileByName("E:\\Eclipse_Prj\\pSound\\data\\Adrenaline01.wav");
        assertTrue(sf!=null);
        System.out.println(sf.toString());
    } catch (RapsManagerException e) {
        fail(e.getMessage());
    }
}

@Test(expected=RapsManagerException.class)
public void testGetWithInvalidId() {
    SoundFileManager sfm = new SoundFileManager();

    sfm.getSoundfile(-100);
}

@Test(expected=RapsManagerException.class)
public void testGetWithInvalidName() {
    SoundFileManager sfm = new SoundFileManager();

    sfm.getSoundfileByName(new String());
}