Which JUnit package to use on Assert?

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differences between 2 JUnit Assert classes

I have two junit-4.8.1.jars in my class path and my IDE's autocomplete is giving me the following two Assert classes:

junit.framework.Assert
org.junit.Assert

Which one should I use???

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 07 '12 at 11:27

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I prefer org.junit package in all things JUnit. It's the source URL that the code comes from. The other is legacy that's left so it doesn't break old code.

Pick one and be consistent.

answered Sep 07 '12 at 11:27

duffymo

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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To quote a duplicate...

JUnit 3.X: junit.framework.Assert JUnit 4.X: org.junit.Assert

Prefer the newest one, especially when running JDK5 and higher with annotation support.

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answered Sep 07 '12 at 11:29

David

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 07 '12 at 11:31

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Niether, use MatcherAssert and Hamcrest with assertThat instead of assertTrue / assertFalse

MatcherAssert

answered Sep 07 '12 at 11:31

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Why not org.junit ? What's Hamcrest ? – Mr_and_Mrs_D Oct 20 '13 at 19:55
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So, JUnit and Hamcrest are linked. There are a small set of Hamcrest `Matchers` built into the junit jar. Notice that the `Assert` class has a method `assertThat` that takes a `Matcher`. Additional there are Hamcrest libraries (hamcrest-all & hamcrest-core) that provide a very large number of Matchers. For example, if you need to check that two lists are equal, JUnit would just error saying they were not equals but Hamcrest would tell you which elements don't match: `IsIterableContainingInOrder` (also `IsIterableContainingInAnyOrder`) as a couple examples. – John B Oct 21 '13 at 10:40

Which JUnit package to use on Assert?

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