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Assertions: assertSame() and assertNotSame()

Explore the use of assertSame and assertNotSame methods in JUnit 5 to check whether two object references point to the same instance or different instances. Understand how these assertions work with overloaded methods and how to apply them to write precise unit tests validating object identity.

The assertSame() method

The assertSame() method asserts that two Object variables refer to the same Object.

It has three overloaded methods.

  • If the actual and expected values refer to the same Object, the test case passes.
  • If the actual and expected values don’t refer to the same Object, the test
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