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TripleEqualsSupport

trait TripleEqualsSupport extends AnyRef

Trait that defines abstract methods used to enforce compile-time type constraints for equality comparisons, and defines === and !== operators used by matchers.

The abstract methods of this trait are selectively implemented as implicit by subclasses to enable a spectrum of type constraints for the === and !== operators. As an illustration, if in the expression, a === b, the type of a is A and b is B, the following three levels of compile-time checking can be obtained from TripleEqualsSupport subtraits:

Unchecked - A and B can be any two types. This (weakest) constraint level is available from subtraits TripleEquals and LegacyTripleEquals.

Conversion checked - A must be a subtype of B, or vice versa, or an implicit conversion must be available that converts A to B, or vice versa. (Both A and B can be the same type, because a type is considered a subtype of itself.) This (intermediate) constraint level is available from subtraits ConversionCheckedTripleEquals and ConversionCheckedLegacyTripleEquals.

Type checked - A must be a subtype of B, or vice versa. (Both A and B can be the same type, because a type is considered a subtype of itself.) This (strongest) constraint level is available from subtraits TypeCheckedTripleEquals and TypeCheckedLegacyTripleEquals.

The difference between the regular and “legacy” variants of each pair of traits is that the === and !== operators provided by the regular variants result in Boolean, whereas those of the legacy variants result in Option[String]. For example, were you to mix in TripleEquals, the expression 1 + 1 === 3 would return false. Were you to mix in LegacyTripleEquals, by contrast, the expression 1 + 1 === 3 would return Some("2 did not equal 3").

The purpose of the legacy variants is to maintain compatibility with existing code that uses ScalaTest's original === defined in trait org.scalatest.Assertions. This === operator returned an Option[String] to facilitate better error messages. With the advent of macros in Scala 2.10, it is possible to obtain good error messages by making assert a macro. Once ScalaTest no longer supports Scala 2.9, the legacy variants (LegacyTripleEquals, ConversionCheckedLegacyTripleEquals, and TypeCheckedLegacyTripleEquals) will be deprecated and eventually removed, === will return only Boolean, and good error messages will be obtained via macros.

This trait defines all methods that need to be defined implicitly by the six subtraits so that if multiple subtraits are used together, the inner-most subtrait in scope can not only enable the implicits it needs by overriding or hiding those methods (currently-in-scope as regular, non-implicit methods) and making them implicit, it can also disable any implicits enabled by its sibling subtraits in enclosing scopes. For example, if your test class mixes in TypeCheckedTripleEquals, inside your test class the following methods will be implicit:

If in the body of a test you want to turn off the type checking, you can import the members of TripleEquals in the body of that test. This will not only hide non-implicit methods convertToEqualizer unconstrainedEquality of TypeCheckedTripleEquals, replacing those with implicit ones defined in TripleEquals, it will also hide the three methods made implicit in TypeCheckedTripleEquals (and listed above), replacing them by non-implicit ones.

In short, you should be able to select a primary constraint level via either a mixin or import, then change that in nested scopes however you want, again either through a mixin or import, without getting any implicit conversion ambiguity. The innermost constraint level in scope will always be in force.

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  1. class CheckingEqualizer[L] extends AnyRef

    Class used via an implicit conversion to enable two objects to be compared with === and !== with a Boolean result and an enforced type constraint between two object types.

  2. class Equalizer[L] extends AnyRef

    Class used via an implicit conversion to enable any two objects to be compared with === and !== with a Boolean result and no enforced type constraint between two object types.

  3. class LegacyCheckingEqualizer[L] extends AnyRef

    Class used via an implicit conversion to enable any two objects to be compared with === and !== with an Option[String] result and an enforced type constraint between two object types.

  4. class LegacyEqualizer[L] extends AnyRef

    Class used via an implicit conversion to enable any two objects to be compared with === and !== with an Option[String] result and no enforced type constraint between two object types.

Abstract Value Members

  1. abstract def conversionCheckedConstraint[A, B](implicit equivalenceOfA: Equivalence[A], cnv: (B) ⇒ A): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that B is implicitly convertible to A, given an implicit Equivalence[A].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that B is implicitly convertible to A, given an implicit Equivalence[A].

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equivalence[A]'s areEquivalent method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits ConversionCheckedTripleEquals) and ConversionCheckedLegacyTripleEquals, and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    equivalenceOfA

    an Equivalence[A] type class to which the Constraint.areEqual method will delegate to determine equality.

    cnv

    an implicit conversion from B to A

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEquivalent method of the passed Equivalence[A].

  2. abstract def convertEquivalenceToAToBConstraint[A, B](equivalenceOfB: Equivalence[B])(implicit ev: <:<[A, B]): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that A must be a subtype of B, given an explicit Equivalence[B].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that A must be a subtype of B, given an explicit Equivalence[B].

    This method is used to enable the Explicitly DSL for TypeCheckedTripleEquals by requiring an explicit Equivalance[B], but taking an implicit function that provides evidence that A is a subtype of B.

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equivalence[B]'s areEquivalent method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits LowPriorityTypeCheckedConstraint (extended by TypeCheckedTripleEquals), and LowPriorityTypeCheckedLegacyConstraint (extended by TypeCheckedLegacyTripleEquals), and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    equivalenceOfB

    an Equivalence[B] type class to which the Constraint.areEqual method will delegate to determine equality.

    ev

    evidence that A is a subype of B

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEquivalent method of the passed Equivalence[B].

  3. abstract def convertEquivalenceToAToBConversionConstraint[A, B](equivalenceOfB: Equivalence[B])(implicit ev: (A) ⇒ B): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that A is implicitly convertible to B, given an explicit Equivalence[B].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that A is implicitly convertible to B, given an explicit Equivalence[B].

    This method is used to enable the Explicitly DSL for ConversionCheckedTripleEquals by requiring an explicit Equivalance[B], but taking an implicit function that converts from A to B.

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equivalence[B]'s areEquivalent method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits LowPriorityConversionCheckedConstraint (extended by ConversionCheckedTripleEquals), and LowPriorityConversionCheckedLegacyConstraint (extended by ConversionCheckedLegacyTripleEquals), and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEquivalent method of the passed Equivalence[B].

  4. abstract def convertEquivalenceToBToAConstraint[A, B](equivalenceOfA: Equivalence[A])(implicit ev: <:<[B, A]): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that B must be a subtype of A, given an explicit Equivalence[A].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that B must be a subtype of A, given an explicit Equivalence[A].

    This method is used to enable the Explicitly DSL for TypeCheckedTripleEquals by requiring an explicit Equivalance[B], but taking an implicit function that provides evidence that A is a subtype of B. For example, under TypeCheckedTripleEquals, this method (as an implicit method), would be used to compile this statement:

    def closeEnoughTo1(num: Double): Boolean =
      (num === 1.0)(decided by forgivingEquality)
    

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equivalence[A]'s areEquivalent method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits TypeCheckedTripleEquals) and TypeCheckedLegacyTripleEquals, and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    ev

    evidence that B is a subype of A

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEquivalent method of the passed Equivalence[A].

  5. abstract def convertEquivalenceToBToAConversionConstraint[A, B](equivalenceOfA: Equivalence[A])(implicit ev: (B) ⇒ A): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that B is implicitly convertible to A, given an explicit Equivalence[A].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that B is implicitly convertible to A, given an explicit Equivalence[A].

    This method is used to enable the Explicitly DSL for ConversionCheckedTripleEquals by requiring an explicit Equivalance[A], but taking an implicit function that converts from B to A. For example, under ConversionCheckedTripleEquals, this method (as an implicit method), would be used to compile this statement:

    def closeEnoughTo1(num: Double): Boolean =
      (num === 1.0)(decided by forgivingEquality)
    

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equivalence[A]'s areEquivalent method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits ConversionCheckedTripleEquals) and ConversionCheckedLegacyTripleEquals, and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    equivalenceOfA

    an Equivalence[A] type class to which the Constraint.areEqual method will delegate to determine equality.

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEquivalent method of the passed Equivalence[A].

  6. abstract def convertToCheckingEqualizer[T](left: T): CheckingEqualizer[T]

    Converts to an CheckingEqualizer that provides === and !== operators that result in Boolean and enforce a type constraint.

    Converts to an CheckingEqualizer that provides === and !== operators that result in Boolean and enforce a type constraint.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits TypeCheckedTripleEquals and ConversionCheckedTripleEquals, and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    left

    the object whose type to convert to CheckingEqualizer.

    Exceptions thrown
    NullPointerException

    if left is null.

  7. abstract def convertToEqualizer[T](left: T): Equalizer[T]

    Converts to an Equalizer that provides === and !== operators that result in Boolean and enforce no type constraint.

    Converts to an Equalizer that provides === and !== operators that result in Boolean and enforce no type constraint.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtrait TripleEquals and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    left

    the object whose type to convert to Equalizer.

    Exceptions thrown
    NullPointerException

    if left is null.

  8. abstract def convertToLegacyCheckingEqualizer[T](left: T): LegacyCheckingEqualizer[T]

    Converts to a LegacyCheckingEqualizer that provides === and !== operators that result in Option[String] and enforce a type constraint.

    Converts to a LegacyCheckingEqualizer that provides === and !== operators that result in Option[String] and enforce a type constraint.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits TypeCheckedLegacyTripleEquals and ConversionCheckedLegacyTripleEquals, and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    left

    the object whose type to convert to LegacyCheckingEqualizer.

    Exceptions thrown
    NullPointerException

    if left is null.

  9. abstract def convertToLegacyEqualizer[T](left: T): LegacyEqualizer[T]

    Converts to a LegacyEqualizer that provides === and !== operators that result in Option[String] and enforce no type constraint.

    Converts to a LegacyEqualizer that provides === and !== operators that result in Option[String] and enforce no type constraint.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtrait LegacyTripleEquals and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    left

    the object whose type to convert to LegacyEqualizer.

    Exceptions thrown
    NullPointerException

    if left is null.

  10. abstract def lowPriorityConversionCheckedConstraint[A, B](implicit equivalenceOfB: Equivalence[B], cnv: (A) ⇒ B): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that A is implicitly convertible to B, given an implicit Equivalence[B].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that A is implicitly convertible to B, given an implicit Equivalence[B].

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equivalence[B]'s areEquivalent method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits LowPriorityConversionCheckedConstraint (extended by ConversionCheckedTripleEquals), and LowPriorityConversionCheckedLegacyConstraint (extended by ConversionCheckedLegacyTripleEquals), and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    cnv

    an implicit conversion from A to B

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEquivalent method of the passed Equivalence[B].

  11. abstract def lowPriorityTypeCheckedConstraint[A, B](implicit equivalenceOfB: Equivalence[B], ev: <:<[A, B]): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that A must be a subtype of B, given an implicit Equivalence[B].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that A must be a subtype of B, given an implicit Equivalence[B].

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equivalence[A]'s areEquivalent method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits LowPriorityTypeCheckedConstraint (extended by TypeCheckedTripleEquals), and LowPriorityTypeCheckedLegacyConstraint (extended by TypeCheckedLegacyTripleEquals), and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    equivalenceOfB

    an Equivalence[B] type class to which the Constraint.areEqual method will delegate to determine equality.

    ev

    evidence that A is a subype of B

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEquivalent method of the passed Equivalence[B].

  12. abstract def typeCheckedConstraint[A, B](implicit equivalenceOfA: Equivalence[A], ev: <:<[B, A]): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that B must be a subtype of A, given an implicit Equivalence[A].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] for any two types A and B, enforcing the type constraint that B must be a subtype of A, given an implicit Equivalence[A].

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equivalence[A]'s areEquivalent method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits TypeCheckedTripleEquals) and TypeCheckedLegacyTripleEquals, and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    ev

    evidence that B is a subype of A

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEquivalent method of the passed Equivalence[A].

  13. abstract def unconstrainedEquality[A, B](implicit equalityOfA: Equality[A]): Constraint[A, B]

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, with no type constraint enforced, given an implicit Equality[A].

    Provides a Constraint[A, B] class for any two types A and B, with no type constraint enforced, given an implicit Equality[A].

    The returned Constraint's areEqual method uses the implicitly passed Equality[A]'s areEqual method to determine equality.

    This method is overridden and made implicit by subtraits TripleEquals and LegacyTripleEquals, and overriden as non-implicit by the other subtraits in this package.

    equalityOfA

    an Equality[A] type class to which the Constraint.areEqual method will delegate to determine equality.

    returns

    a Constraint[A, B] whose areEqual method delegates to the areEqual method of the passed Equality[A].

Concrete Value Members

  1. final def !=(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  2. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  3. def !==[T](right: Spread[T]): TripleEqualsInvocationOnSpread[T]

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocationOnSpread[T], given an Spread[T], to facilitate the “<left> should !== (<pivot> +- <tolerance>)” syntax of Matchers.

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocationOnSpread[T], given an Spread[T], to facilitate the “<left> should !== (<pivot> +- <tolerance>)” syntax of Matchers.

    right

    the Spread[T] against which to compare the left-hand value

    returns

    a TripleEqualsInvocationOnSpread wrapping the passed Spread[T] value, with expectingEqual set to false.

  4. def !==(right: Null): TripleEqualsInvocation[Null]

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocation[Null], given a null reference, to facilitate the “<left> should !== null” syntax of Matchers.

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocation[Null], given a null reference, to facilitate the “<left> should !== null” syntax of Matchers.

    right

    a null reference

    returns

    a TripleEqualsInvocation wrapping the passed null value, with expectingEqual set to false.

  5. def !==[T](right: T): TripleEqualsInvocation[T]

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocation[T], given an object of type T, to facilitate the “<left> should !== <right>” syntax of Matchers.

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocation[T], given an object of type T, to facilitate the “<left> should !== <right>” syntax of Matchers.

    right

    the right-hand side value for an equality assertion

    returns

    a TripleEqualsInvocation wrapping the passed right value, with expectingEqual set to false.

  6. final def ##(): Int

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  7. final def ==(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  8. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  9. def ===[T](right: Spread[T]): TripleEqualsInvocationOnSpread[T]

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocationOnSpread[T], given an Spread[T], to facilitate the “<left> should === (<pivot> +- <tolerance>)” syntax of Matchers.

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocationOnSpread[T], given an Spread[T], to facilitate the “<left> should === (<pivot> +- <tolerance>)” syntax of Matchers.

    right

    the Spread[T] against which to compare the left-hand value

    returns

    a TripleEqualsInvocationOnSpread wrapping the passed Spread[T] value, with expectingEqual set to true.

  10. def ===(right: Null): TripleEqualsInvocation[Null]

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocation[Null], given a null reference, to facilitate the “<left> should === null” syntax of Matchers.

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocation[Null], given a null reference, to facilitate the “<left> should === null” syntax of Matchers.

    right

    a null reference

    returns

    a TripleEqualsInvocation wrapping the passed null value, with expectingEqual set to true.

  11. def ===[T](right: T): TripleEqualsInvocation[T]

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocation[T], given an object of type T, to facilitate the “<left> should === <right>” syntax of Matchers.

    Returns a TripleEqualsInvocation[T], given an object of type T, to facilitate the “<left> should === <right>” syntax of Matchers.

    right

    the right-hand side value for an equality assertion

    returns

    a TripleEqualsInvocation wrapping the passed right value, with expectingEqual set to true.

  12. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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  13. def clone(): AnyRef

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  14. def defaultEquality[A]: Equality[A]

    Returns an Equality[A] for any type A that determines equality by first calling .deep on any Array (on either the left or right side), then comparing the resulting objects with ==.

    Returns an Equality[A] for any type A that determines equality by first calling .deep on any Array (on either the left or right side), then comparing the resulting objects with ==.

    returns

    a default Equality for type A

  15. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  16. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  17. def finalize(): Unit

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  18. final def getClass(): Class[_]

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  19. def hashCode(): Int

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  20. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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  21. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  22. final def notify(): Unit

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  23. final def notifyAll(): Unit

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  24. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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  25. def toString(): String

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  26. final def wait(): Unit

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  27. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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  28. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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