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Best Practice: Unit test coverage vs. in-method sanity checks [duplicate]
I have a code-coverage requirement of of a certain percentage, and face the following tradeoff:
Should I sacrifice in-method sanity checks and error handling for ease of (unit-) testability?
Lets ...
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Testing the wording of an Exception message
Doing a code review, I ran into this assertion in a unit test:
assertThatThrownBy(() -> shoppingCartService.payForCart(command))
.isInstanceOfSatisfying(PaymentException.class,
exception -&...
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What is the difference between unit testing and handling exceptions
I have spent two full days now trying to understand the difference between unit testing and handling exception, but I can't get it.
Things I have understood (or I think I have):
Unit testing tests ...
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How should I write a test for a pure method which doesn't return anything?
I have a bunch of classes which deal with validation of values. For instance, a RangeValidator class checks whether a value is within the specified range.
Every validator class contains two methods: ...
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Modifying the tests and refactoring duplicate code in test driven development
I am trying test driven development for the first time (test first development, actually). I wrote down my specifications, then alternated writing tests, then code, writing the code to pass the latest ...
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Is checking that a property doesn't throw an exception a valid unit test?
I'm writing tests for the following class:
public class Foo : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private int _failCount;
private int _totalCount;
public double FailRate
{
get
{
double ...
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Understanding unit testing for dynamically changing condition
I was trying to understand how to write unit tests for a few days now. I'm confused with following scenarios in the existing code.
In first function the max value changes depending on the object ...
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Unit testing invalid inputs; ArgumentException vs. Custom Exception
In unit tested code I often have multiple checks on the arguments on any method before the actual "work" of the method is begun:
public void DoSomething(string test)
{
if (string....
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Should I use try catch in my test methods?
I am doing unit testing.
I am trying to test one function.
I call it from my test component. But If remote function cannot handle the exception then my tester component will also get exception, I ...
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