lib/goog/labs/testing/matcher.js

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14
15/**
16 * @fileoverview Provides the base Matcher interface. User code should use the
17 * matchers through assertThat statements and not directly.
18 */
19
20
21goog.provide('goog.labs.testing.Matcher');
22
23
24
25/**
26 * A matcher object to be used in assertThat statements.
27 * @interface
28 */
29goog.labs.testing.Matcher = function() {};
30
31
32/**
33 * Determines whether a value matches the constraints of the match.
34 *
35 * @param {*} value The object to match.
36 * @return {boolean} Whether the input value matches this matcher.
37 */
38goog.labs.testing.Matcher.prototype.matches = function(value) {};
39
40
41/**
42 * Describes why the matcher failed.
43 *
44 * @param {*} value The value that didn't match.
45 * @param {string=} opt_description A partial description to which the reason
46 *     will be appended.
47 *
48 * @return {string} Description of why the matcher failed.
49 */
50goog.labs.testing.Matcher.prototype.describe =
51    function(value, opt_description) {};