Custom exception message using JUnit assertEquals?

Question

I'm using assert equals to compare two numbers

Assert.assertEquals("My error message", First , Second);

Then, when I generate the Test Report I get

"My error message expected (First) was (Second)"

How can I customize the part I've put in italic? And the format of the numbers?

Answer 1

You can use something like this:

int a=1, b=2;
String str = "Failure: I was expecting %d to be equal to %d";
assertTrue(String.format(str, a, b), a == b);

Answer 2

The message is hard-coded in the Assert class. You will have to write your own code to produce a custom message:

if (!first.equals(second)) {
  throw new AssertionFailedError(
      String.format("bespoke message here", first, second));
}

(Note: the above is a rough example - you'll want to check for nulls etc. See the code of Assert.java to see how it's done).