package org.junit.internal.matchers;

import org.hamcrest.Description;
import org.hamcrest.Factory;
import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;

A matcher that applies a delegate matcher to the cause of the current Throwable, returning the result of that match.
Type parameters:
  • <T> – the type of the throwable being matched
/** * A matcher that applies a delegate matcher to the cause of the current Throwable, returning the result of that * match. * * @param <T> the type of the throwable being matched */
public class ThrowableCauseMatcher<T extends Throwable> extends TypeSafeMatcher<T> { private final Matcher<? extends Throwable> causeMatcher; public ThrowableCauseMatcher(Matcher<? extends Throwable> causeMatcher) { this.causeMatcher = causeMatcher; } public void describeTo(Description description) { description.appendText("exception with cause "); description.appendDescriptionOf(causeMatcher); } @Override protected boolean matchesSafely(T item) { return causeMatcher.matches(item.getCause()); } @Override protected void describeMismatchSafely(T item, Description description) { description.appendText("cause "); causeMatcher.describeMismatch(item.getCause(), description); }
Returns a matcher that verifies that the outer exception has a cause for which the supplied matcher evaluates to true.
Params:
  • matcher – to apply to the cause of the outer exception
Type parameters:
  • <T> – type of the outer exception
/** * Returns a matcher that verifies that the outer exception has a cause for which the supplied matcher * evaluates to true. * * @param matcher to apply to the cause of the outer exception * @param <T> type of the outer exception */
@Factory public static <T extends Throwable> Matcher<T> hasCause(final Matcher<? extends Throwable> matcher) { return new ThrowableCauseMatcher<T>(matcher); } }