Class Test::Unit::Failure
In: test/unit/failure.rb
Parent: Object

Encapsulates a test failure. Created by Test::Unit::TestCase when an assertion fails.

Methods

long_display   new   short_display   single_character_display   to_s  

Constants

SINGLE_CHARACTER = 'F'

Attributes

location  [R] 
message  [R] 
test_name  [R] 

Public Class methods

new(test_name, location, message)

Creates a new Failure with the given location and message.

[Source]

# File test/unit/failure.rb, line 19
      def initialize(test_name, location, message)
        @test_name = test_name
        @location = location
        @message = message
      end

Public Instance methods

long_display()

Returns a verbose version of the error description.

[Source]

# File test/unit/failure.rb, line 36
      def long_display
        location_display = if(location.size == 1)
          location[0].sub(/\A(.+:\d+).*/, ' [\\1]')
        else
          "\n    [#{location.join("\n     ")}]"
        end
        "Failure:\n#@test_name#{location_display}:\n#@message"
      end
short_display()

Returns a brief version of the error description.

[Source]

# File test/unit/failure.rb, line 31
      def short_display
        "#@test_name: #{@message.split("\n")[0]}"
      end
single_character_display()

Returns a single character representation of a failure.

[Source]

# File test/unit/failure.rb, line 26
      def single_character_display
        SINGLE_CHARACTER
      end
to_s()

Overridden to return long_display.

[Source]

# File test/unit/failure.rb, line 46
      def to_s
        long_display
      end

[Validate]

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