junitx.extensions

Class ComparabilityTestCase

java.lang.Object

junit.framework.Assert

junit.framework.TestCase

junitx.extensions.ComparabilityTestCase

All Implemented Interfaces:

junit.framework.Test

public abstract class ComparabilityTestCase
extends junit.framework.TestCase

Extend me in order to test a class's functional compliance with the Comparable interface.

Override my createLessInstance, createEqualInstance, and createGreaterInstance methods to provide me with objects to test against. These methods should return objects that are of the same class.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2003/03/21 06:13:47 $

Author:

Paul Holser

See Also:

Comparable

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ComparabilityTestCase(java.lang.String name) Creates a new test.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	checkForEquality(java.lang.Comparable c1, java.lang.Comparable c2) Override as a no-op if you do not require that createEqualInstance() return distinct but equivalent objects.
protected abstract java.lang.Comparable	createEqualInstance() Creates and returns an instance of the class under test.
protected abstract java.lang.Comparable	createGreaterInstance() Creates and returns an instance of the class under test.
protected abstract java.lang.Comparable	createLessInstance() Creates and returns an instance of the class under test.
protected void	setUp() Sets up the test fixture.
void	testForClassCastException() Tests whether compareTo throws a ClassCastException when appropriate.
void	testForReverseSigns() Tests whether sgn(x.compareTo(y)) == -sgn(y.compareTo(x)) for all x and y given to this test.
void	testForSameSigns() Tests whether sgn(x.compareTo(z)) == sgn(y.compareTo(z)) for all z when x.compareTo(y) == 0.
void	testReturnValues() Tests for sensible return values from the class under test's compareTo method.

Methods inherited from class junit.framework.TestCase

assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertFalse, assertFalse, assertNotNull, assertNotNull, assertNotSame, assertNotSame, assertNull, assertNull, assertSame, assertSame, assertTrue, assertTrue, countTestCases, createResult, fail, fail, failNotEquals, failNotSame, failSame, format, getName, run, run, runBare, runTest, setName, tearDown, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ComparabilityTestCase

public ComparabilityTestCase(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new test.

Parameters:

name - name of the test

Method Detail

createLessInstance

protected abstract java.lang.Comparable createLessInstance()
                                                    throws java.lang.Exception

Creates and returns an instance of the class under test.

Returns:

a new instance of the class under test; each object returned from this method should compare less than the objects returned from createEqualInstance()

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

createEqualInstance

protected abstract java.lang.Comparable createEqualInstance()
                                                     throws java.lang.Exception

Creates and returns an instance of the class under test.

Returns:

a new instance of the class under test; each object returned from this method should compare equal to each other

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

createGreaterInstance

protected abstract java.lang.Comparable createGreaterInstance()
                                                       throws java.lang.Exception

Creates and returns an instance of the class under test.

Returns:

a new instance of the class under test; each object returned from this method should compare greater than the objects returned from createEqualInstance()

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

setUp

protected void setUp()
              throws java.lang.Exception

Sets up the test fixture.

Overrides:

setUp in class junit.framework.TestCase

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

checkForEquality

protected void checkForEquality(java.lang.Comparable c1,
                                java.lang.Comparable c2)

Override as a no-op if you do not require that createEqualInstance() return distinct but equivalent objects.

testForReverseSigns

public final void testForReverseSigns()

Tests whether sgn(x.compareTo(y)) == -sgn(y.compareTo(x)) for all x and y given to this test.

testForSameSigns

public final void testForSameSigns()

Tests whether sgn(x.compareTo(z)) == sgn(y.compareTo(z)) for all z when x.compareTo(y) == 0.

testReturnValues

public final void testReturnValues()

Tests for sensible return values from the class under test's compareTo method. Doing so effectively tests the transitivity of compareTo also-- (x.compareTo(y)>0 && y.compareTo(z)>0) implies x.compareTo(z)>0.

testForClassCastException

public final void testForClassCastException()
                                     throws java.lang.Exception

Tests whether compareTo throws a ClassCastException when appropriate.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception