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at August 10, 2009 05:57 by Tierlieb
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public void testShouldNotFindAfterDeletion(){
   manager.createContact(contact);
   manager.deleteContact(contact.getID());
   
   /* now try to read it again to make sure the delete request works: */
   
   try {
      manager.getContact(contact.getID()); //this throws an AssertionError.
      fail("Should not reach this step, should throw exception first"); //mistake that should have been obvious: This also does.
   } catch (AssertionError e){
      //succeed
   };
}
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I was refactoring code lately, changed a method to return null instead of throwing an error - yet this test kept working. I did not get why for quite some time.

Lesson learned: Never rely on Eclipse generating a try-catch-block without actually looking what kind of exception or error it catches.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Testing for an error using exception handling - the stupid way

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Java