Class Test::Unit::Error
In: test/unit/error.rb
Parent: Object

Encapsulates an error in a test. Created by Test::Unit::TestCase when it rescues an exception thrown during the processing of a test.

Methods

long_display   message   new   short_display   single_character_display   to_s  

Included Modules

Util::BacktraceFilter

Constants

SINGLE_CHARACTER = 'E'

Attributes

exception  [R] 
test_name  [R] 

Public Class methods

new(test_name, exception)

Creates a new Error with the given test_name and exception.

[Source]

# File test/unit/error.rb, line 24
      def initialize(test_name, exception)
        @test_name = test_name
        @exception = exception
      end

Public Instance methods

long_display()

Returns a verbose version of the error description.

[Source]

# File test/unit/error.rb, line 45
      def long_display
        backtrace = filter_backtrace(@exception.backtrace).join("\n    ")
        "Error:\n#@test_name:\n#{message}\n    #{backtrace}"
      end
message()

Returns the message associated with the error.

[Source]

# File test/unit/error.rb, line 35
      def message
        "#{@exception.class.name}: #{@exception.message}"
      end
short_display()

Returns a brief version of the error description.

[Source]

# File test/unit/error.rb, line 40
      def short_display
        "#@test_name: #{message.split("\n")[0]}"
      end
single_character_display()

Returns a single character representation of an error.

[Source]

# File test/unit/error.rb, line 30
      def single_character_display
        SINGLE_CHARACTER
      end
to_s()

Overridden to return long_display.

[Source]

# File test/unit/error.rb, line 51
      def to_s
        long_display
      end

[Validate]

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