Package de.gebit.integrity.runner.comparator

Interface ResultComparator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultResultComparator

public interface ResultComparator

The result comparator is used to compare a result object returned by a fixture instance with a given expected result (from the test script).

Author:

Rene Schneider - initial API and implementation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ComparisonResult	compareResult(Object aFixtureResult, ValueOrEnumValueOrOperationCollection anExpectedResult, FixtureWrapper<?> aFixtureInstance, MethodReference aFixtureMethod, String aPropertyName)	Compares the expected result with the actual result obtained from a test fixture.

Method Detail

compareResult

ComparisonResult compareResult(Object aFixtureResult,
                               ValueOrEnumValueOrOperationCollection anExpectedResult,
                               FixtureWrapper<?> aFixtureInstance,
                               MethodReference aFixtureMethod,
                               String aPropertyName)
                        throws ClassNotFoundException,
                               UnexecutableException,
                               InstantiationException

Compares the expected result with the actual result obtained from a test fixture.

Parameters:

aFixtureResult - the test fixture result

anExpectedResult - the expected result as specified in the test script

aFixtureInstance - the fixture instance that was used

aFixtureMethod - the fixture method that was called

aPropertyName - the name of the result property to be compared (null if it's the default result)

Returns:

true if the comparison was successful, false if the results are not considered equal

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

InstantiationException

UnexecutableException