How to test a Try[T] with ScalaTest correctly?

Question

I have a method that returns a Try object:

def doSomething(p: SomeParam): Try[Something] = {
  // code
}

I now want to test th

Answer 1

Just check to see that it is the success type with your return value:

maybeRes shouldBe Success("moo")

Answer 2

Another possibility is to do

import org.scalatest.TryValues._
maybeRes.success.value.bar shouldBe "moo"

This will give a message indicating the Try was not a success, instead of throwing the exception in maybeRes.get.

The analog exist for Option, Either and PartialFunction (using the relevant import)

Answer 3

Alternatively

import org.scalatest.TryValues._

// ... 

maybeRes.success.value should be "moo"