[Junit-trackers] [ junit-Feature Requests-2149557 ] assertThat generics enhancement

[SourceForge.net <no...@so...>]

Feature Requests item #2149557, was opened at 2008-10-06 13:59
Message generated for change (Comment added) made by sf-robot
You can respond by visiting: 
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=365278&aid=2149557&group_id=15278

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread,
including the initial issue submission, for this request,
not just the latest update.
Category: None
Group: None
>Status: Closed
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Dominic Mitchell (dom2)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: assertThat generics enhancement

Initial Comment:
It would be really nice if assertThat() allowed a subclass to match.  i.e.

  public static <T> void assertThat(T actual, Matcher<? extends T> matcher) {  }

Why does this matter?  At the moment, I'm testing things that are coming out of a ServletContext.  And ServletContext.getAttribute() returns an Object.  And I'd like to be able to say:

  assertThat(context.getAttribute("foo"), is("bar"));

But eclipse complains with "The method assertThat(T, Matcher<T>) in the type Assert is no applicable for the arguments  (Object, Matcher<String>).


----------------------------------------------------------------------

>Comment By: SourceForge Robot (sf-robot)
Date: 2009-12-01 02:20

Message:
This Tracker item was closed automatically by the system. It was
previously set to a Pending status, and the original submitter
did not respond within 14 days (the time period specified by
the administrator of this Tracker).

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Comment By: David Saff (dsaff)
Date: 2009-11-16 17:52

Message:
This tracker is being shut down.  Please move this item to
http://github.com/KentBeck/junit/issues

----------------------------------------------------------------------

You can respond by visiting: 
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=365278&aid=2149557&group_id=15278