From 2eab0e30b753fb33729db53d141c8e22017cadec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Browne <stephenalexbrowne@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:07:38 -0700
Subject: fix(contracts): Catch cases where the actual error differs from the
 expected error (#1032)

* Catch cases where the actual error differs from the expected error

* Add tests for testWithReferenceFuncAsync

* Small style and comment fixes
---
 .../contracts/test/utils/test_with_reference.ts    | 72 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

(limited to 'packages/contracts/test/utils')

diff --git a/packages/contracts/test/utils/test_with_reference.ts b/packages/contracts/test/utils/test_with_reference.ts
index 599b1eed4..b80be4a6c 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/test/utils/test_with_reference.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/test/utils/test_with_reference.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,34 @@ import { chaiSetup } from './chai_setup';
 chaiSetup.configure();
 const expect = chai.expect;
 
+class Value<T> {
+    public value: T;
+    constructor(value: T) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+}
+
+// tslint:disable-next-line: max-classes-per-file
+class ErrorMessage {
+    public error: string;
+    constructor(message: string) {
+        this.error = message;
+    }
+}
+
+type PromiseResult<T> = Value<T> | ErrorMessage;
+
+// TODO(albrow): This seems like a generic utility function that could exist in
+// lodash. We should replace it by a library implementation, or move it to our
+// own.
+async function evaluatePromise<T>(promise: Promise<T>): Promise<PromiseResult<T>> {
+    try {
+        return new Value<T>(await promise);
+    } catch (e) {
+        return new ErrorMessage(e.message);
+    }
+}
+
 export async function testWithReferenceFuncAsync<P0, R>(
     referenceFunc: (p0: P0) => Promise<R>,
     testFunc: (p0: P0) => Promise<R>,
@@ -64,39 +92,31 @@ export async function testWithReferenceFuncAsync(
     testFuncAsync: (...args: any[]) => Promise<any>,
     values: any[],
 ): Promise<void> {
-    let expectedResult: any;
-    let expectedErr: string | undefined;
-    try {
-        expectedResult = await referenceFuncAsync(...values);
-    } catch (e) {
-        expectedErr = e.message;
-    }
-    let actualResult: any | undefined;
-    try {
-        actualResult = await testFuncAsync(...values);
-        if (!_.isUndefined(expectedErr)) {
+    // Measure correct behaviour
+    const expected = await evaluatePromise(referenceFuncAsync(...values));
+
+    // Measure actual behaviour
+    const actual = await evaluatePromise(testFuncAsync(...values));
+
+    // Compare behaviour
+    if (expected instanceof ErrorMessage) {
+        // If we expected an error, check if the actual error message contains the
+        // expected error message.
+        if (!(actual instanceof ErrorMessage)) {
             throw new Error(
-                `Expected error containing ${expectedErr} but got no error\n\tTest case: ${_getTestCaseString(
+                `Expected error containing ${expected.error} but got no error\n\tTest case: ${_getTestCaseString(
                     referenceFuncAsync,
                     values,
                 )}`,
             );
         }
-    } catch (e) {
-        if (_.isUndefined(expectedErr)) {
-            throw new Error(`${e.message}\n\tTest case: ${_getTestCaseString(referenceFuncAsync, values)}`);
-        } else {
-            expect(e.message).to.contain(
-                expectedErr,
-                `${e.message}\n\tTest case: ${_getTestCaseString(referenceFuncAsync, values)}`,
-            );
-        }
-    }
-    if (!_.isUndefined(actualResult) && !_.isUndefined(expectedResult)) {
-        expect(actualResult).to.deep.equal(
-            expectedResult,
-            `Test case: ${_getTestCaseString(referenceFuncAsync, values)}`,
+        expect(actual.error).to.contain(
+            expected.error,
+            `${actual.error}\n\tTest case: ${_getTestCaseString(referenceFuncAsync, values)}`,
         );
+    } else {
+        // If we do not expect an error, compare actual and expected directly.
+        expect(actual).to.deep.equal(expected, `Test case ${_getTestCaseString(referenceFuncAsync, values)}`);
     }
 }
 
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