UseAssertSameInsteadOfAssertTrue

This rule detects JUnit assertions in object references equality. These assertions should be made by more specific methods, like assertSame, assertNotSame.

This rule is defined by the following XPath expression:

                
//PrimaryExpression[
    PrimaryPrefix/Name
     [@Image = 'assertTrue' or @Image = 'assertFalse']
]
[PrimarySuffix/Arguments
 /ArgumentList/Expression
 /EqualityExpression[count(.//NullLiteral) = 0]]
[ancestor::ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[//ClassOrInterfaceType[typeof(@Image, 'junit.framework.TestCase','TestCase')] or //MarkerAnnotation/Name[typeof(@Image, 'org.junit.Test', 'Test')]]]
 
            

Example:

                

public class FooTest extends TestCase {
 void testCode() {
  Object a, b;
  assertTrue(a==b); // bad usage
  assertSame(a, b);  // good usage
 }
}