Question

How can I use assertEquals to see if the exception message is correct?
The test passes but I don’t know if it hits the correct error or not.

The test I am running.

@Test
public void testTC3()
{
    try {
    assertEquals("Legal Values: Package Type must be P or R", Shipping.shippingCost('P', -5));
    } 
    catch (Exception e) {
    }        
}

The method being tested.

public static int shippingCost(char packageType, int weight) throws Exception
{
    String e1 = "Legal Values: Package Type must be P or R";
    String e2 = "Legal Values: Weight < 0";
    int cost = 0;
        if((packageType != 'P')&&(packageType != 'R'))
        {
             throw new Exception(e1);
        }

        if(weight < 0)
        {
             throw new Exception(e2);
        }        
         if(packageType == 'P')
         {
             cost += 10;
         }
         if(weight <= 25)
         {   
             cost += 10;
         }
         else
         {
            cost += 25;
         }
         return cost;       
}

}

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

try {
    assertEquals("Legal Values: Package Type must be P or R", Shipping.shippingCost('P', -5));
    Assert.fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
} 
catch (Exception e) {
    String expectedMessage = "this is the message I expect to get";
    Assert.assertEquals( "Exception message must be correct", expectedMessage, e.getMessage() );
}