Problem Using EasyMock.expect for Object references

[Navin Desai]

Hi,

I am using EasyMock 2.2. I have a function like ...

void updateCustDetails (Customer cust ) {}


When using EasyMock.expect , I am using the following code

EasyMock.expect(dataServiceMock.updateCustDetails(cust));

This always gives an assertion error because, 'cust' is a reference type and the assertion is comparing the memory locations and therefore failing each time. During testing the Object sent has the same values for attribute but as it is a different object it has a different memory location.

Which is the best way to get past this problem ? Thanks.

[Henri Tremblay]

The default matcher used by EasyMock is eq(). It calls equals. If this doesn't work for you, you need to use your own matcher. One easy way is to make a comparator suiting your needs and give it to the cmpEq(Comparable<T>) matcher.