AssertContains on strings in jUnit

Question

Is there a nicer way to write in jUnit

String x = \"foo bar\";
Assert.assertTrue(x.contains(\"foo\"));

Answer 1

It's too late, but just to update I got it done with below syntax

import org.hamcrest.core.StringContains;
import org.junit.Assert;

Assert.assertThat("this contains test", StringContains.containsString("test"));

Answer 2

You can use assertj-fluent assertions. It has lot of capabilities to write assertions in more human readable - user friendly manner.

In your case, it would be

 String x = "foo bar";
 assertThat(x).contains("foo");

It is not only for the strings, it can be used to assert lists, collections etc.. in a friendlier way

Answer 3

Use the new assertThat syntax together with Hamcrest.

It is available starting with JUnit 4.4.

Answer 4

assertj variant

import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
Assertions.assertThat(actualStr).contains(subStr);