How do you assert that a certain exception is thrown in JUnit 4 tests

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How can I use JUnit4 idiomatically to test that some code throws an exception   While I can certainly do something like this    Test public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException       boolean thrown   false     try       foo doStuff        catch  IndexOutOfBoundsException e        thrown   true         assertTrue thrown       I recall that there is an annotation or an Assert xyz or something that is far less kludgy and far more in-the-spirit of JUnit for these sorts of situations

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How about this  catch a very general exception  make sure it makes it out of the catch block  then assert that the class of the exception is what you expect it to be   This assert will fail if a  the exception is of the wrong type  eg  if you got a Null Pointer instead  and b  the exception wasn t ever thrown  public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException       Throwable e   null     try       foo doStuff        catch  Throwable ex        e   ex         assertTrue e instanceof IndexOutOfBoundsException

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try       my method        fail   This method must thrwo       catch  Exception ex        assertThat ex getMessage    isEqual myErrormsg

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To solve the same problem I did set up a small project   http   code google com p catch-exception   Using this little helper you would write  verifyException foo  IndexOutOfBoundsException class  doStuff      This is less verbose than the ExpectedException rule of JUnit 4 7  In comparison to the solution provided by skaffman  you can specify in which line of code you expect the exception  I hope this helps

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Additionally to what NamShubWriter has said  make sure that     The ExpectedException instance is public  Related Question  The ExpectedException isn t instantiated in say  the  Before method  This post clearly explains all the intricacies of JUnit s order of execution    Do not do this        Rule     public ExpectedException expectedException    Before public void setup         expectedException   ExpectedException none        Finally  this blog post clearly illustrates how to assert that a certain exception is thrown

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Junit4 solution with Java8 is to use this function   public Throwable assertThrows Class lt   extends Throwable gt  expectedException  java util concurrent Callable lt   gt  funky        try           funky call          catch  Throwable e            if  expectedException isInstance e                 return e                    throw new AssertionError                  String format  Expected   s  to be thrown  but was   s    expectedException  e              throw new AssertionError              String format  Expected   s  to be thrown  but nothing was thrown    expectedException        Usage is then       assertThrows ValidationException class                 - gt  finalObject checkSomething null      Note that the only limitation is to use a final object reference in lambda expression  This solution allows to continue test assertions instead of expecting thowable at method level using  Test expected   IndexOutOfBoundsException class  solution

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In my case I always get RuntimeException from db  but messages differ  And exception need to be handled respectively  Here is how I tested it    Test public void testThrowsExceptionWhenWrongSku             Given     String articleSimpleSku    999-999       int amountOfTransactions   1      Exception exception   null          When     try           createNInboundTransactionsForSku amountOfTransactions  articleSimpleSku         catch  RuntimeException e            exception   e                Then     shouldValidateThrowsExceptionWithMessage exception  MESSAGE NON EXISTENT SKU      private void shouldValidateThrowsExceptionWithMessage final Exception e  final String message        assertNotNull e       assertTrue e getMessage   contains message

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In JUnit 4 or later you can test the exceptions as follows   Rule public ExpectedException exceptions   ExpectedException none       this provides a lot of features which can be used to improve our JUnit tests   If you see the below example I am testing 3 things on the exception    The Type of exception thrown The exception Message The cause of the exception     public class MyTest         Rule     public ExpectedException exceptions   ExpectedException none         ClassUnderTest classUnderTest        Before     public void setUp   throws Exception           classUnderTest   new ClassUnderTest                Test     public void testAppleisSweetAndRed   throws Exception            exceptions expect Exception class           exceptions expectMessage  this is the exception message            exceptions expectCause Matchers  lt Throwable gt equalTo exceptionCause             classUnderTest methodUnderTest  param1    param2

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JUnit has built-in support for this  with an  quot expected quot  attribute

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The most flexible and elegant answer for Junit 4 I found in the Mkyong blog  It has the flexibility of the try catch using the  Rule annotation  I like this approach because you can read specific attributes of a customized exception   package com mkyong   import com mkyong examples CustomerService  import com mkyong examples exception NameNotFoundException  import org junit Rule  import org junit Test  import org junit rules ExpectedException   import static org hamcrest CoreMatchers containsString  import static org hamcrest CoreMatchers is  import static org hamcrest Matchers hasProperty   public class Exception3Test         Rule     public ExpectedException thrown   ExpectedException none          Test     public void testNameNotFoundException   throws NameNotFoundException              test specific type of exception         thrown expect NameNotFoundException class              test message         thrown expectMessage is  Name is empty                 test detail         thrown expect hasProperty  errCode        make sure getters n setters are defined          thrown expect hasProperty  errCode   is 666              CustomerService cust   new CustomerService            cust findByName

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IMHO  the best way to check for exceptions in JUnit is the try catch fail assert pattern      this try block should be as small as possible     as you want to make sure you only catch exceptions from your code try       sut doThing        fail       fail if this does not throw any exception   catch MyException e       only catch the exception you expect                              otherwise you may catch an exception for a dependency unexpectedly        a strong assertion on the message          in case the exception comes from anywhere an unexpected line of code         especially important if your checking IllegalArgumentExceptions     assertEquals  the message I get   e getMessage          The assertTrue might be a bit strong for some people  so assertThat e getMessage    containsString  the message    might be preferable

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tl dr   post-JDK8   Use AssertJ or custom lambdas to assert exceptional behaviour  pre-JDK8   I will recommend the old good try-catch block   Don t forget to add a fail   assertion before the catch block    Regardless of Junit 4 or JUnit 5   the long story  It is possible to write yourself a do it yourself try-catch block or use the JUnit tools   Test expected        or the  Rule ExpectedException JUnit rule feature    But these ways are not so elegant and don t mix well readability wise with other tools  Moreover  JUnit tooling does have some pitfalls    The try-catch block you have to write the block around the tested behavior and write the assertion in the catch block  that may be fine but many find that this style interrupts the reading flow of a test  Also  you need to write an Assert fail at the end of the try block  Otherwise  the test may miss one side of the assertions  PMD  findbugs or Sonar will spot such issues  The  Test expected        feature is interesting as you can write less code and then writing this test is supposedly less prone to coding errors  But this approach is lacking in some areas    If the test needs to check additional things on the exception like the cause or the message  good exception messages are really important  having a precise exception type may not be enough    Also as the expectation is placed around in the method  depending on how the tested code is written then the wrong part of the test code can throw the exception  leading to false-positive test and I m not sure that PMD  findbugs or Sonar will give hints on such code    Test expected   WantedException class  public void call2 should throw a WantedException  not call1            init tested     tested call1       may throw a WantedException         call to be actually tested     tested call2       the call that is supposed to raise an exception     The ExpectedException rule is also an attempt to fix the previous caveats  but it feels a bit awkward to use as it uses an expectation style  EasyMock users know very well this style  It might be convenient for some  but if you follow Behaviour Driven Development  BDD  or Arrange Act Assert  AAA  principles the ExpectedException rule won t fit in those writing style  Aside from that it may suffer from the same issue as the  Test way  depending on where you place the expectation    Rule ExpectedException thrown   ExpectedException none     Test public void call2 should throw a WantedException  not call1            expectations     thrown expect WantedException class       thrown expectMessage  boom            init tested     tested call1       may throw a WantedException         call to be actually tested     tested call2       the call that is supposed to raise an exception     Even the expected exception is placed before the test statement  it breaks your reading flow if the tests follow BDD or AAA   Also  see this comment issue on JUnit of the author of ExpectedException  JUnit 4 13-beta-2 even deprecates this mechanism      Pull request  1519  Deprecate ExpectedException      The method Assert assertThrows provides a nicer way for verifying exceptions  In addition  the use of ExpectedException is error-prone when used with other rules like TestWatcher because the order of rules is important in that case     So these above options have all their load of caveats  and clearly not immune to coder errors    There s a project I became aware of after creating this answer that looks promising  it s catch-exception   As the description of the project says  it let a coder write in a fluent line of code catching the exception and offer this exception for the latter assertion  And you can use any assertion library like Hamcrest or AssertJ   A rapid example taken from the home page        given  an empty list List myList   new ArrayList        when  we try to get the first element of the list when myList  get 1       then  we expect an IndexOutOfBoundsException then caughtException             isInstanceOf IndexOutOfBoundsException class           hasMessage  Index  1  Size  0             hasNoCause      As you can see the code is really straightforward  you catch the exception on a specific line  the then API is an alias that will use AssertJ APIs  similar to using assertThat ex  hasNoCause        At some point the project relied on FEST-Assert the ancestor of AssertJ  EDIT  It seems the project is brewing a Java 8 Lambdas support   Currently  this library has two shortcomings      At the time of this writing  it is noteworthy to say this library is based on Mockito 1 x as it creates a mock of the tested object behind the scene  As Mockito is still not updated this library cannot work with final classes or final methods  And even if it was based on Mockito 2 in the current version  this would require to declare a global mock maker  inline-mock-maker   something that may not what you want  as this mock maker has different drawbacks that the regular mock maker  It requires yet another test dependency    These issues won t apply once the library supports lambdas  However  the functionality will be duplicated by the AssertJ toolset   Taking all into account if you don t want to use the catch-exception tool  I will recommend the old good way of the try-catch block  at least up to the JDK7  And for JDK 8 users you might prefer to use AssertJ as it offers may more than just asserting exceptions  With the JDK8  lambdas enter the test scene  and they have proved to be an interesting way to assert exceptional behaviour  AssertJ has been updated to provide a nice fluent API to assert exceptional behaviour   And a sample test with AssertJ     Test public void test exception approach 1                 assertThatExceptionOfType IOException class               isThrownBy    - gt  someBadIOOperation                 withMessage  boom          Test public void test exception approach 2                 assertThatThrownBy    - gt  someBadIOOperation                 isInstanceOf Exception class               hasMessageContaining  boom        Test public void test exception approach 3                    when     Throwable thrown   catchThrowable    - gt  someBadIOOperation             then     assertThat thrown  isInstanceOf Exception class                         hasMessageContaining  boom       With a near-complete rewrite of JUnit 5  assertions have been improved a bit  they may prove interesting as an out of the box way to assert properly exception  But really the assertion API is still a bit poor  there s nothing outside assertThrows     Test  DisplayName  throws EmptyStackException when peeked   void throwsExceptionWhenPeeked         Throwable t   assertThrows EmptyStackException class     - gt  stack peek          Assertions assertEquals        t getMessage         As you noticed assertEquals is still returning void  and as such doesn t allow chaining assertions like AssertJ   Also if you remember name clash with Matcher or Assert  be prepared to meet the same clash with Assertions    I d like to conclude that today  2017-03-03  AssertJ s ease of use  discoverable API  the rapid pace of development and as a de facto test dependency is the best solution with JDK8 regardless of the test framework  JUnit or not   prior JDKs should instead rely on try-catch blocks even if they feel clunky   This answer has been copied from another question that don t have the same visibility  I am the same author

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With Java 8 you can create a method taking a code to check and expected exception as parameters   private void expectException Runnable r  Class lt   gt  clazz         try         r run          fail  Expected      clazz getSimpleName       but not thrown          catch  Exception e          if   clazz isInstance e   fail  Expected      clazz getSimpleName       but     e getClass   getSimpleName       found   e               and then inside your test   expectException    - gt  list sublist 0  2  get 2   IndexOutOfBoundsException class     Benefits    not relying on any library localised check - more precise and allows to have multiple assertions like this within one test if needed easy to use

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My solution using Java 8 lambdas   public static  lt T extends Throwable gt  T assertThrows Class lt T gt  expected  ThrowingRunnable action  throws Throwable       try           action run            Assert fail  Did not throw expected     expected getSimpleName             return null     never actually       catch  Throwable actual            if   expected isAssignableFrom actual getClass          runtime    actual instanceof expected               System err println  Threw     actual getClass   getSimpleName                                        which is not a subtype of expected                                     expected getSimpleName                 throw actual     throw the unexpected Throwable for maximum transparency           else               return  T  actual     return the expected Throwable for further examination                     You have to define a FunctionalInterface  because Runnable doesn t declare the required throws    FunctionalInterface public interface ThrowingRunnable       void run   throws Throwable      The method can be used as follows   class CustomException extends Exception       public final String message      public CustomException final String message    this message   message     CustomException e   assertThrows CustomException class     - gt        throw new CustomException  Lorem Ipsum        assertEquals  Lorem Ipsum   e message

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It depends on the JUnit version and what assert libraries you use    For JUnit5 and 4 13 see answer https   stackoverflow com a 2935935 2986984 If you use assertJ or google-truth  see answer  https   stackoverflow com a 41019785 2986984   The original answer for JUnit  lt   4 12 was    Test expected   IndexOutOfBoundsException class  public void testIndexOutOfBoundsException          ArrayList emptyList   new ArrayList        Object o   emptyList get 0        Though answer https   stackoverflow com a 31826781 2986984 has more options for JUnit  lt   4 12   Reference      JUnit Test-FAQ

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Take for example  you want to write Junit for below mentioned code fragment  public int divideByZeroDemo int a int b        return a b     public void exceptionWithMessage String    arr        throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException  Array is out of bound        The above code is to test for some unknown exception that may occur and the below one is to assert some exception with custom message     Rule public ExpectedException exception ExpectedException none     private Demo demo   Before public void setup         demo new Demo       Test expected ArithmeticException class  public void testIfItThrowsAnyException          demo divideByZeroDemo 5  0        Test public void testExceptionWithMessage          exception expectMessage  Array is out of bound        exception expect ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException class       demo exceptionWithMessage new String    This   is   a   demo

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JUnit framework has assertThrows   method   ArithmeticException exception   assertThrows ArithmeticException class     - gt      calculator divide 1  0    assertEquals    by zero   exception getMessage        for JUnit 5 it s in org junit jupiter api Assertions class  for JUnit 4 13 it s in org junit Assert class  for earlier versions of JUnit 4  just add reference on org junit jupiter junit-jupiter-api to your project and you ll get perfectly well working version from JUnit 5

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Update  JUnit5 has an improvement for exceptions testing  assertThrows  The following example is from  Junit 5 User Guide   Test void exceptionTesting         Throwable exception   assertThrows IllegalArgumentException class     - gt                 throw new IllegalArgumentException  quot a message quot                assertEquals  quot a message quot   exception getMessage        Original answer using JUnit 4  There are several ways to test that an exception is thrown  I have also discussed the below options in my post How to write great unit tests with JUnit Set the expected parameter  Test expected   FileNotFoundException class    Test expected   FileNotFoundException class   public void testReadFile          myClass readFile  quot test txt quot       Using try catch public void testReadFile          try           myClass readFile  quot test txt quot            fail  quot Expected a FileNotFoundException to be thrown quot          catch  FileNotFoundException e            assertThat e getMessage    is  quot The file test txt does not exist  quot                    Testing with ExpectedException Rule   Rule public ExpectedException thrown   ExpectedException none      Test public void testReadFile   throws FileNotFoundException            thrown expect FileNotFoundException class       thrown expectMessage startsWith  quot The file test txt quot         myClass readFile  quot test txt quot       You could read more about exceptions testing in JUnit4 wiki for Exception testing and bad robot - Expecting Exceptions JUnit Rule

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BDD Style Solution  JUnit 4   Catch Exception   AssertJ  import static com googlecode catchexception apis BDDCatchException      Test public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException          when    - gt  foo doStuff          then caughtException    isInstanceOf IndexOutOfBoundsException class        Dependencies  eu codearte catch-exception catch-exception 2 0

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You can also do this    Test public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException         try           foo doStuff            assert false        catch  IndexOutOfBoundsException e            assert true

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As answered before  there are many ways of dealing with exceptions in JUnit  But with Java 8 there is another one  using Lambda Expressions  With Lambda Expressions we can achieve a syntax like this    Test public void verifiesTypeAndMessage         assertThrown new DummyService    someMethod               isInstanceOf RuntimeException class               hasMessage  Runtime exception occurred                hasMessageStartingWith  Runtime                hasMessageEndingWith  occurred                hasMessageContaining  exception                hasNoCause        assertThrown accepts a functional interface  whose instances can be created with lambda expressions  method references  or constructor references  assertThrown accepting that interface will expect and be ready to handle an exception   This is relatively simple yet powerful technique   Have a look at this blog post describing this technique  http   blog codeleak pl 2014 07 junit-testing-exception-with-java-8-and-lambda-expressions html  The source code can be found here  https   github com kolorobot unit-testing-demo tree master src test java com github kolorobot exceptions java8  Disclosure  I am the author of the blog and the project

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Test expectedException IndexOutOfBoundsException class       public void  testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException   throws Exception            doThrow IndexOutOfBoundsException class  when foo  doStuff               try                foo doStuff                   catch  IndexOutOfBoundsException e                           assertEquals IndexOutOfBoundsException  class  ex getCause   getClass                           throw e                             Here is another way to check method thrown correct exception or not

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in junit  there are four ways to test exception    junit5 x   for junit5 x  you can use assertThrows as following   Test public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException         Throwable exception   assertThrows IndexOutOfBoundsException class     - gt  foo doStuff         assertEquals  expected messages   exception getMessage          junit4 x   for junit4 x  use the optional  expected  attribute of Test annonation   Test expected   IndexOutOfBoundsException class  public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException         foo doStuff       for junit4 x  use the ExpectedException rule  public class XxxTest        Rule     public ExpectedException thrown   ExpectedException none          Test     public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException             thrown expect IndexOutOfBoundsException class            you can test the exception message like         thrown expectMessage  expected messages            foo doStuff             you also can use the classic try catch way widely used under junit 3 framework   Test public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException         try           foo doStuff            fail  expected exception was not occured           catch IndexOutOfBoundsException e              if execution reaches here             it indicates this exception was occured            so we need not handle it           so   if you like junit 5  then you should like the 1st one the 2nd way is used when you only want test the type of exception the first and last two are used when you want test exception message further if you use junit 3  then the 4th one is preferred  for more info  you can read this document and junit5 user guide for details

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Now that JUnit 5 and JUnit 4 13 have been released  the best option would be to use Assertions assertThrows     for JUnit 5  and Assert assertThrows    for JUnit 4 13   See the Junit 5 User Guide   Here is an example that  verifies an exception is thrown  and uses Truth to  make assertions on the exception message   public class FooTest      Test   public void doStuffThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException         Foo foo   new Foo         IndexOutOfBoundsException e   assertThrows          IndexOutOfBoundsException class  foo  doStuff        assertThat e  hasMessageThat   contains  woops             The advantages over the approaches in the other answers are    Built into JUnit You get a useful exception message if the code in the lambda doesn t throw an exception  and a stacktrace if it throws a different exception Concise Allows your tests to follow Arrange-Act-Assert You can precisely indicate what code you are expecting to throw the exception You don t need to list the expected exception in the throws clause You can use the assertion framework of your choice to make assertions about the caught exception   A similar method will be added to org junit Assert in JUnit 4 13

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Just make a Matcher that can be turned off and on  like this   public class ExceptionMatcher extends BaseMatcher lt Throwable gt        private boolean active   true      private Class lt   extends Throwable gt  throwable       public ExceptionMatcher Class lt   extends Throwable gt  throwable            this throwable   throwable             public void on             this active   true             public void off             this active   false              Override     public boolean matches Object object            return active  amp  amp  throwable isAssignableFrom object getClass                 Override     public void describeTo Description description            description appendText  not the covered exception type              To use it   add public ExpectedException exception   ExpectedException none     then   ExceptionMatcher exMatch   new ExceptionMatcher MyException class   exception expect exMatch   someObject somethingThatThrowsMyException    exMatch off

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JUnit 5 Solution   Test void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException           Throwable exception   expectThrows  IndexOutOfBoundsException class  foo  doStuff       assertEquals   some message   exception getMessage          More Infos about JUnit 5 on http   junit org junit5 docs current user-guide  writing-tests-assertions

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Java 8 solution  If you would like a solution which    Utilizes Java 8 lambdas Does not depend on any JUnit magic Allows you to check for multiple exceptions within a single test method Checks for an exception being thrown by a specific set of lines within your test method instead of any unknown line in the entire test method Yields the actual exception object that was thrown so that you can further examine it   Here is a utility function that I wrote   public final  lt T extends Throwable gt  T expectException  Class lt T gt  exceptionClass  Runnable runnable         try               runnable run              catch  Throwable throwable                 if  throwable instanceof AssertionError  amp  amp  throwable getCause      null               throwable   throwable getCause      allows  assert x    null   new IllegalArgumentException             assert exceptionClass isInstance  throwable     throwable    exception of the wrong kind was thrown          assert throwable getClass      exceptionClass   throwable    exception thrown was a subclass  but not the exact class  expected           SuppressWarnings   unchecked            T result    T throwable          return result            assert false    expected exception was not thrown      return null    to keep the compiler happy       taken from my blog   Use it as follows    Test public void testThrows         RuntimeException e   expectException  RuntimeException class     - gt                         throw new RuntimeException   fail                       assert e getMessage   equals   fail

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There are two ways of writing test case    Annotate the test with the exception which is thrown by the method  Something like this  Test expected   IndexOutOfBoundsException class  You can simply catch the exception in the test class using the try catch block and assert on the message that is thrown from the method in test class   try    catch exception to be thrown from method e         assertEquals  message   e getmessage          I hope this answers your query Happy learning

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Be careful using expected exception  because it only asserts that the method threw that exception  not a particular line of code in the test   I tend to use this for testing parameter validation  because such methods are usually very simple  but more complex tests might better be served with   try       methodThatShouldThrow        fail   My method didn t throw when I expected it to       catch  MyException expectedException        Apply judgement

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I wanted to comment with my solution to this problem  which avoided needing any of the exception related JUnit code   I used assertTrue boolean  combined with try catch to look for my expected exception to be thrown  Here s an example   public void testConstructor         boolean expectedExceptionThrown      try              Call constructor with bad arguments         double a   1          double b   2          double c   a   b     In my example  this is an invalid option for c         new Triangle a  b  c           expectedExceptionThrown   false     because it successfully constructed the object           catch IllegalArgumentException e            expectedExceptionThrown   true     because I m in this catch block           catch Exception e            expectedExceptionThrown   false     because it threw an exception but not the one expected           assertTrue expectedExceptionThrown

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Edit  Now that JUnit 5 and JUnit 4 13 have been released  the best option would be to use Assertions assertThrows     for JUnit 5  and Assert assertThrows    for JUnit 4 13    See my other answer for details  If you haven t migrated to JUnit 5  but can use JUnit 4 7  you can use the ExpectedException Rule  public class FooTest      Rule   public final ExpectedException exception   ExpectedException none        Test   public void doStuffThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException         Foo foo   new Foo         exception expect IndexOutOfBoundsException class       foo doStuff           This is much better than  Test expected IndexOutOfBoundsException class  because the test will fail if IndexOutOfBoundsException is thrown before foo doStuff   See this article for details

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I tried many of the methods here  but they were either complicated or didn t quite meet my requirements   In fact  one can write a helper method quite simply   public class ExceptionAssertions       public static void assertException BlastContainer blastContainer             boolean caughtException   false          try               blastContainer test              catch  Exception e                 caughtException   true                    if   caughtException                 throw new AssertionFailedError  exception expected to be thrown  but was not                        public static interface BlastContainer           public void test   throws Exception            Use it like this   assertException new BlastContainer          Override     public void test   throws Exception           doSomethingThatShouldExceptHere                Zero dependencies  no need for mockito  no need powermock  and works just fine with final classes

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Using an AssertJ assertion  which can be used alongside JUnit   import static org assertj core api Assertions      Test public void testFooThrowsIndexOutOfBoundsException       Foo foo   new Foo       assertThatThrownBy    - gt  foo doStuff             isInstanceOf IndexOutOfBoundsException class       It s better than  Test expected IndexOutOfBoundsException class  because it guarantees the expected line in the test threw the exception and lets you check more details about the exception  such as message  easier   assertThatThrownBy    - gt                    throw new Exception  boom                    isInstanceOf Exception class       hasMessageContaining  boom      Maven Gradle instructions here

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I recomend library assertj-core to handle exception in junit test  In java 8  like this     given    when Throwable throwable   catchThrowable    - gt  anyService anyMethod object       then AnyException anyException    AnyException  throwable  assertThat anyException getMessage    isEqualTo              assertThat exception getCode    isEqualTo

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We can use an assertion fail after the method that must return an exception   try     methodThatThrowMyException       Assert fail  MyException is not thrown        catch  final Exception exception          Verify if the thrown exception is instance of MyException  otherwise throws an assert failure    assertTrue exception instanceof MyException   An exception other than MyException is thrown            In case of verifying the error message    MyException myException    MyException  exception     assertEquals  EXPECTED ERROR MESSAGE   myException getMessage

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