org.hamcrest.text
Class IsEqualIgnoringWhiteSpace

java.lang.Object
  org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher<T>
      org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher<String>
          org.hamcrest.text.IsEqualIgnoringWhiteSpace

All Implemented Interfaces:

Matcher<String>, SelfDescribing

public class IsEqualIgnoringWhiteSpace
extends TypeSafeMatcher<String>

Tests if a string is equal to another string, ignoring any changes in whitespace.

Constructor Summary

IsEqualIgnoringWhiteSpace(String string)

Method Summary

void	describeMismatchSafely(String item, Description mismatchDescription)
void	describeTo(Description description)
static Matcher<String>	equalToIgnoringWhiteSpace(String expectedString) Creates a matcher of String that matches when the examined string is equal to the specified expectedString, when whitespace differences are (mostly) ignored.
boolean	matchesSafely(String item)
String	stripSpace(String toBeStripped)

Methods inherited from class org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher

describeMismatch, matches

Methods inherited from class org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher

_dont_implement_Matcher___instead_extend_BaseMatcher_, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IsEqualIgnoringWhiteSpace

public IsEqualIgnoringWhiteSpace(String string)

Method Detail

matchesSafely

public boolean matchesSafely(String item)

Specified by:

matchesSafely in class TypeSafeMatcher<String>

describeMismatchSafely

public void describeMismatchSafely(String item,
                                   Description mismatchDescription)

Overrides:

describeMismatchSafely in class TypeSafeMatcher<String>

describeTo

public void describeTo(Description description)

stripSpace

public String stripSpace(String toBeStripped)

equalToIgnoringWhiteSpace

public static Matcher<String> equalToIgnoringWhiteSpace(String expectedString)

Creates a matcher of String that matches when the examined string is equal to the specified expectedString, when whitespace differences are (mostly) ignored. To be exact, the following whitespace rules are applied:

• all leading and trailing whitespace of both the expectedString and the examined string are ignored
• any remaining whitespace, appearing within either string, is collapsed to a single space before comparison

For example:

assertThat("   my\tfoo  bar ", equalToIgnoringWhiteSpace(" my  foo bar"))

Parameters:

expectedString - the expected value of matched strings