AssertionErrors.assertEquals exposes readable array representation

Issue: SPR-14281

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/AssertionErrors.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 package org.springframework.test.util;
 
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
@@ -26,13 +27,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  */
 public abstract class AssertionErrors {
 
-
-	private AssertionErrors() {
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Fails a test with the given message.
-	 *
 	 * @param message describes the reason for the failure
 	 */
 	public static void fail(String message) {
@@ -42,7 +38,6 @@ public abstract class AssertionErrors {
 	/**
 	 * Fails a test with the given message passing along expected and actual
 	 * values to be added to the message.
-	 *
 	 * <p>For example given:
 	 * <pre class="code">
 	 * assertEquals("Response header [" + name + "]", actual, expected);
@@ -51,7 +46,6 @@ public abstract class AssertionErrors {
 	 * <pre class="code">
 	 * Response header [Accept] expected:&lt;application/json&gt; but was:&lt;text/plain&gt;
 	 * </pre>
-	 *
 	 * @param message describes the value that failed the match
 	 * @param expected expected value
 	 * @param actual actual value
@@ -63,7 +57,6 @@ public abstract class AssertionErrors {
 	/**
 	 * Assert the given condition is {@code true} and raise an
 	 * {@link AssertionError} if it is not.
-	 *
 	 * @param message the message
 	 * @param condition the condition to test for
 	 */
@@ -79,14 +72,13 @@ public abstract class AssertionErrors {
 	 * <pre class="code">
 	 * assertEquals("Response header [" + name + "]", actual, expected);
 	 * </pre>
-	 *
 	 * @param message describes the value being checked
 	 * @param expected the expected value
 	 * @param actual the actual value
 	 */
 	public static void assertEquals(String message, Object expected, Object actual) {
 		if (!ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(expected, actual)) {
-			fail(message, expected, actual);
+			fail(message, ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(expected), ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(actual));
 		}
 	}
 

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchers.java

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.*;
 import static org.springframework.test.util.AssertionErrors.*;
 
-
 /**
  * Factory for request content {@code RequestMatcher}'s. An instance of this
  * class is typically accessed via {@link MockRestRequestMatchers#content()}.
@@ -145,6 +144,7 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchers {
 
 	/**
 	 * Parse the body as form data and compare to the given {@code MultiValueMap}.
+	 * @since 4.3
 	 */
 	public RequestMatcher formData(final MultiValueMap<String, String> expectedContent) {
 		return new RequestMatcher() {
@@ -171,10 +171,8 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchers {
 	 * Parse the request body and the given String as XML and assert that the
 	 * two are "similar" - i.e. they contain the same elements and attributes
 	 * regardless of order.
-	 *
 	 * <p>Use of this matcher assumes the
 	 * <a href="http://xmlunit.sourceforge.net/">XMLUnit<a/> library is available.
-	 *
 	 * @param expectedXmlContent the expected XML content
 	 */
 	public RequestMatcher xml(final String expectedXmlContent) {
@@ -211,6 +209,7 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchers {
 		};
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Abstract base class for XML {@link RequestMatcher}'s.
 	 */
@@ -222,12 +221,13 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchers {
 				MockClientHttpRequest mockRequest = (MockClientHttpRequest) request;
 				matchInternal(mockRequest);
 			}
-			catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new AssertionError("Failed to parse expected or actual XML request content: " + e.getMessage());
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				throw new AssertionError("Failed to parse expected or actual XML request content: " + ex.getMessage());
 			}
 		}
 
 		protected abstract void matchInternal(MockClientHttpRequest request) throws Exception;
+	}
 
 }
-}
+

spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchersTests.java

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 
-
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link ContentRequestMatchers}.
  *