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Published3 months ago (1.0.19)

Common assertion functions, especially useful for testing

// Copyright 2018-2026 the Deno authors. MIT license. // This module is browser compatible. import { assertIsError } from "./is_error.ts"; import { AssertionError } from "./assertion_error.ts"; /** * Executes a function, expecting it to throw. If it does not, then it * throws. * * To assert that an asynchronous function rejects, use * {@linkcode assertRejects}. * * @example Usage * ```ts ignore * import { assertThrows } from "@std/assert"; * * assertThrows(() => { throw new TypeError("hello world!"); }); // Doesn't throw * assertThrows(() => console.log("hello world!")); // Throws * ``` * * @param fn The function to execute. * @param msg The optional message to display if the assertion fails. * @returns The error that was thrown. */ export function assertThrows( fn: () => unknown, msg?: string, ): unknown; /** * Executes a function, expecting it to throw. If it does not, then it * throws. An error class and a string that should be included in the * error message can also be asserted. * * To assert that an asynchronous function rejects, use * {@linkcode assertRejects}. * * @example Usage * ```ts ignore * import { assertThrows } from "@std/assert"; * * assertThrows(() => { throw new TypeError("hello world!"); }, TypeError); // Doesn't throw * assertThrows(() => { throw new TypeError("hello world!"); }, RangeError); // Throws * ``` * * @typeParam E The error class to assert. * @param fn The function to execute. * @param ErrorClass The error class to assert. * @param msgIncludes The string that should be included in the error message. * @param msg The optional message to display if the assertion fails. * @returns The error that was thrown. */ export function assertThrows<E extends Error = Error>( fn: () => unknown, // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any ErrorClass: abstract new (...args: any[]) => E, msgIncludes?: string, msg?: string, ): E; export function assertThrows<E extends Error = Error>( fn: () => unknown, errorClassOrMsg?: // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any | (abstract new (...args: any[]) => E) | string, msgIncludesOrMsg?: string, msg?: string, ): E | Error | unknown { // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any let ErrorClass: (abstract new (...args: any[]) => E) | undefined; let msgIncludes: string | undefined; let err; if (typeof errorClassOrMsg !== "string") { if ( errorClassOrMsg === undefined || errorClassOrMsg?.prototype instanceof Error || errorClassOrMsg?.prototype === Error.prototype ) { ErrorClass = errorClassOrMsg; msgIncludes = msgIncludesOrMsg; } else { msg = msgIncludesOrMsg; } } else { msg = errorClassOrMsg; } let doesThrow = false; const msgSuffix = msg ? `: ${msg}` : "."; try { fn(); } catch (error) { if (ErrorClass) { if (error instanceof Error === false) { throw new AssertionError(`A non-Error object was thrown${msgSuffix}`); } assertIsError( error, ErrorClass, msgIncludes, msg, ); } err = error; doesThrow = true; } if (!doesThrow) { msg = `Expected function to throw${msgSuffix}`; throw new AssertionError(msg); } return err; }