Assert that two java beans are equivalent

java unit-testing assert javabeans equality
ripper234 picture ripper234 · Nov 16, 2009 · Viewed 18.1k times · Source

This question is close, but still not what I want. I'd like to assert in a generic way that two bean objects are equivalent. In case they are not, I'd like a detailed error message explaining the difference instead of a boolean "equal" or "not equal".

Answer

Chomeh picture Chomeh · Mar 23, 2015 
import static org.hamcrest.beans.SamePropertyValuesAs.samePropertyValuesAs;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

@Test
public void beansAreTheSame(){
    MyDomianClass bean1 = new MyDomainClass();
    MyDomianClass bean2 = new MyDomainClass();
    //TODO - some more test logic

    assertThat(bean1, samePropertyValuesAs(bean2));
}

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