Merge pull request #202 from andreineculau/patch-2

test: add tests for throwing custom errors
chaijs · Oct 23, 2013 · f82f43f · f82f43f
2 parents 1a4d35d + b1c7d71
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diff --git a/test/assert.js b/test/assert.js
@@ -521,12 +521,22 @@ describe('assert', function () {
   });
 
   it('doesNotThrow', function() {
+    function CustomError(message) {
+        this.name = 'CustomError';
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+    CustomError.prototype = Error.prototype;
+
     assert.doesNotThrow(function() { });
     assert.doesNotThrow(function() { }, 'foo');
 
     err(function () {
       assert.doesNotThrow(function() { throw new Error('foo'); });
      }, "expected [Function] to not throw an error but 'Error: foo' was thrown");
+
+    err(function () {
+        assert.doesNotThrow(function() { throw new CustomError('foo'); });
+    }, "expected [Function] to not throw an error but 'CustomError: foo' was thrown");
   });
 
   it('ifError', function() {

diff --git a/test/expect.js b/test/expect.js
@@ -586,13 +586,20 @@ describe('expect', function () {
     };
     PoorlyConstructedError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
 
+    function CustomError(message) {
+        this.name = 'CustomError';
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+    CustomError.prototype = Error.prototype;
+
     var specificError = new RangeError('boo');
 
     var goodFn = function () { 1==1; }
       , badFn = function () { throw new Error('testing'); }
       , refErrFn = function () { throw new ReferenceError('hello'); }
       , ickyErrFn = function () { throw new PoorlyConstructedError(); }
-      , specificErrFn = function () { throw specificError; };
+      , specificErrFn = function () { throw specificError; }
+      , customErrFn = function() { throw new CustomError('foo'); };
 
     expect(goodFn).to.not.throw();
     expect(goodFn).to.not.throw(Error);
@@ -687,6 +694,10 @@ describe('expect', function () {
     err(function () {
       expect(badFn).to.throw(Error, 'hello', 'blah');
     }, "blah: expected [Function] to throw error including 'hello' but got 'testing'");
+
+    err(function () {
+      (customErrFn).should.not.throw();
+    }, "expected [Function] to not throw an error but 'CustomError: foo' was thrown");
   });
 
   it('respondTo', function(){

diff --git a/test/should.js b/test/should.js
@@ -503,14 +503,21 @@ describe('should', function() {
     };
     PoorlyConstructedError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
 
+    function CustomError(message) {
+        this.name = 'CustomError';
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+    CustomError.prototype = Error.prototype;
+
     var specificError = new RangeError('boo');
 
     var goodFn = function () { 1==1; }
       , badFn = function () { throw new Error('testing'); }
       , stringErrFn = function () { throw 'testing'; }
       , refErrFn = function () { throw new ReferenceError('hello'); }
       , ickyErrFn = function () { throw new PoorlyConstructedError(); }
-      , specificErrFn = function () { throw specificError; };
+      , specificErrFn = function () { throw specificError; }
+      , customErrFn = function() { throw new CustomError('foo'); };
 
     (goodFn).should.not.throw();
     (goodFn).should.not.throw(Error);
@@ -640,6 +647,10 @@ describe('should', function() {
     err(function () {
       (badFn).should.throw(Error, 'hello', 'blah');
     }, "blah: expected [Function] to throw error including 'hello' but got 'testing'");
+
+    err(function () {
+      (customErrFn).should.not.throw();
+    }, "expected [Function] to not throw an error but 'CustomError: foo' was thrown");
   });
 
   it('respondTo', function(){