assertEquals with a diff

[delanym]

When I compare two strings
Assertions.assertEquals(expected, fb.toString());
there's no indication from the error what the difference is if its only whitespace.

So I need to compare the byte arrays instead.
Assertions.assertArrayEquals(expected.getBytes(), fb.toString().getBytes());

If there's a failure I'd like to see the string version (to make sure its roughly the correct string) AND the byte values, but I don't want to waste time comparing both of them to satisfy the test condition.

I guess there are many way to solve this. Maybe its possible to compare the values like assertEquals, and if the test fails, output as usual, but append a diff. "assertNoDiff", "assertEqualsDiff" etc.

[astocker-scottlogic]

Am I okay to have a crack at this, assuming no one else has picked it up?

[igmtz]

Hey, can I also work on this issue?

[delanym]

@igmtz please have a go at it

[marcphilipp]

@igmtz Before this can be started we need to agree an an approach. What did you have in mind? 🙂

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[astocker-scottlogic]

@marcphilipp How about wrapping the empty strings in quotation marks and then displaying the two results?

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