AssertJ on list of Optionals

Question

I have a List of Optionals, like List<Optional<String>> optionals and I like to use assertj on it to assert several things.

But I fail to do this properly - I only find examples on a single Optional.

Of course I can do all checks by myself like

Assertions.assertThat(s).allMatch(s1 -> s1.isPresent() && s1.get().equals("foo"));

and chain those, but I still have the feeling, that there is a more smart way via the api.

Do I miss something here or is there no support for List<Optional<T>>in assertj ?

noiaverbale · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-12T07:51:12.100

AssertJ doesn't seems to provide utils for collections of optionals, but you can iterate your list and perform your assertions on every item.

list.forEach(element -> assertThat(element)
        .isPresent()
        .hasValue("something"));

A maybe better approach is to collect all your assertions instead of stopping at the first one. You can use SoftAssertions in different ways, but I prefer this one:

SoftAssertions.assertSoftly(softly ->
    list.forEach(element -> softly.assertThat(element).isPresent())
);

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '21 at 20:22

assertThat(list).allSatisfy(o -> assertThat(o).hasValue("something")));

Javadoc :

For List<Optional<T>>, see also : https://www.javadoc.io/doc/org.assertj/assertj-core/latest/org/assertj/core/api/AbstractOptionalAssert.html#hasValueSatisfying(java.util.function.Consumer)

Verifies that the actual Optional contains a value and gives this value to the given Consumer for further assertions. Should be used as a way of deeper asserting on the containing object, as further requirement(s) for the value.

AssertJ on list of Optionals

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