package matchers_test import ( "errors" "fmt" . "github.com/onsi/ginkgo" . "github.com/onsi/gomega" . "github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers" ) type CustomError struct { } func (c CustomError) Error() string { return "an error" } var _ = Describe("MatchErrorMatcher", func() { Context("When asserting against an error", func() { It("should succeed when matching with an error", func() { err := errors.New("an error") fmtErr := fmt.Errorf("an error") customErr := CustomError{} Expect(err).Should(MatchError(errors.New("an error"))) Expect(err).ShouldNot(MatchError(errors.New("another error"))) Expect(fmtErr).Should(MatchError(errors.New("an error"))) Expect(customErr).Should(MatchError(CustomError{})) }) It("should succeed when matching with a string", func() { err := errors.New("an error") fmtErr := fmt.Errorf("an error") customErr := CustomError{} Expect(err).Should(MatchError("an error")) Expect(err).ShouldNot(MatchError("another error")) Expect(fmtErr).Should(MatchError("an error")) Expect(customErr).Should(MatchError("an error")) }) Context("when passed a matcher", func() { It("should pass if the matcher passes against the error string", func() { err := errors.New("error 123 abc") Expect(err).Should(MatchError(MatchRegexp(`\d{3}`))) }) It("should fail if the matcher fails against the error string", func() { err := errors.New("no digits") Expect(err).ShouldNot(MatchError(MatchRegexp(`\d`))) }) }) It("should fail when passed anything else", func() { actualErr := errors.New("an error") _, err := (&MatchErrorMatcher{ Expected: []byte("an error"), }).Match(actualErr) Expect(err).Should(HaveOccurred()) _, err = (&MatchErrorMatcher{ Expected: 3, }).Match(actualErr) Expect(err).Should(HaveOccurred()) }) }) Context("when passed nil", func() { It("should fail", func() { _, err := (&MatchErrorMatcher{ Expected: "an error", }).Match(nil) Expect(err).Should(HaveOccurred()) }) }) Context("when passed a non-error", func() { It("should fail", func() { _, err := (&MatchErrorMatcher{ Expected: "an error", }).Match("an error") Expect(err).Should(HaveOccurred()) _, err = (&MatchErrorMatcher{ Expected: "an error", }).Match(3) Expect(err).Should(HaveOccurred()) }) }) Context("when passed an error that is also a string", func() { It("should use it as an error", func() { var e mockErr = "mockErr" // this fails if the matcher casts e to a string before comparison Expect(e).Should(MatchError(e)) }) }) }) type mockErr string func (m mockErr) Error() string { return string(m) }