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Assertion Messages

Explore how to craft clear assertion messages in JUnit tests to enhance readability and error diagnosis. Learn alternatives like descriptive naming and refactoring to create self-documenting tests that reduce reliance on comments.

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Assertion messages are code comments to improve test readability. All JUnit assert forms (classic, fail(), and assertThat()) support an optional first argument named message.

The message allows us to supply a verbose explanation of the rationale behind the assertion() in ...