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Version: 5.8

Introduction

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Test with Style​

Write simple and beautiful tests using one of the available styles:

class MyTests : StringSpec({
"length should return size of string" {
"hello".length shouldBe 5
}
"startsWith should test for a prefix" {
"world" should startWith("wor")
}
})

Kotest allows tests to be created in several styles, so you can choose the style that suits you best.

Check all the Tricky Cases With Data Driven Testing​

Handle even an enormous amount of input parameter combinations easily with data driven tests:

class StringSpecExample : StringSpec({
"maximum of two numbers" {
forAll(
row(1, 5, 5),
row(1, 0, 1),
row(0, 0, 0)
) { a, b, max ->
Math.max(a, b) shouldBe max
}
}
})

Fine Tune Test Execution​

You can specify the number of invocations, parallelism, and a timeout for each test or for all tests. And you can group tests by tags or disable them conditionally. All you need is config:

class MySpec : StringSpec({
"should use config".config(timeout = 2.seconds, invocations = 10, threads = 2, tags = setOf(Database, Linux)) {
// test here
}
})