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Add a link to assertThrows in exception testing
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Provide information about alternatives to the expected parameter which
can be used to overcome the limitations of expected.

This is an improvement for JUnit 4.13 to the fix for #806
(84dcb64).
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stefanbirkner authored and marcphilipp committed Oct 11, 2020
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package org.junit;

import org.junit.function.ThrowingRunnable;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
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* new ArrayList<Object>().get(1);
* }
* </pre>
* If the exception's message or one of its properties should be verified, the
* {@link org.junit.rules.ExpectedException ExpectedException} rule can be used. Further
*
* Using the parameter <code>expected</code> for exception testing comes with
* some limitations: only the exception's type can be checked and it is not
* possible to precisely specify the code that throws the exception. Therefore
* JUnit 4 has improved its support for exception testing with
* {@link Assert#assertThrows(Class, ThrowingRunnable)} and the
* {@link org.junit.rules.ExpectedException ExpectedException} rule.
* With <code>assertThrows</code> the code that throws the exception can be
* precisely specified. If the exception's message or one of its properties
* should be verified, the <code>ExpectedException</code> rule can be used. Further
* information about exception testing can be found at the
* <a href="https://github.com/junit-team/junit4/wiki/Exception-testing">JUnit Wiki</a>.
*
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