8.1. Using additional Spock features for enterprise tests
Chapter 4 covered all Spock blocks in detail as well as the general structure of a Spock test. Spock offers several complementary features in the form of annotations that further enhance the expressiveness of your tests.
The Spock tests demonstrated here are based on the e-shop example introduced in chapter 6. They revolve around placing products in an electronic basket and paying via credit card.
8.1.1. Testing the (non)existence of exceptions: thrown() and notThrown()
In all Spock tests that I’ve shown you so far, the expected result is either a set of assertions or the verification of object interactions. But in some cases, the “expected” result is throwing an exception. If you’re developing ...
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