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What Are Power Assertions In Groovy?

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Writing tests means formulating assumptions by using assertions. In Java this can be done

by using the assert keyword. But Groovy comes with a powerful variant of assert also

known as power assertion statement.

Groovy’s power assert differs from the Java version in its output given the boolean

expression validates to false :

def x = 1

assert x == 2

// Output:

//

// Assertion failed:

// assert x == 2

// | |

// 1 false

This section shows the std-err output

The java.lang.AssertionError that is thrown whenever the assertion can not be

validated successfully, contains an extended version of the original exception message.

The power assertion output shows evaluation results from the outer to the inner expression.

The power assertion statements true power unleashes in complex Boolean statements, or

statements with collections or other toString -enabled classes:

def x = [1,2,3,4,5]

assert (x << 6) == [6,7,8,9,10]

// Output:

//

// Assertion failed:

// assert (x << 6) == [6,7,8,9,10]

// | | |

// | | false

// | [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

// [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

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