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about_Should SHORT DESCRIPTION Provides assertion convenience methods for comparing objects and throwing test failures when test expectations fail. LONG DESCRIPTION Should is an Extension of System.Object and can be used as a native type inside Describe blocks. The various Should member methods can be invoked directly from an object being compared. It is typically used in individual It blocks to verify the results of an expectation. The Should method is typically called from the "actual" object being compared and takes the expected" object as a parameter. Should includes several members that perform various comparisons of objects and will throw a PesterFailure when the objects do not evaluate to be comparable. SHOULD MEMBERS GENERAL Be Compares one object with another for equality and throws if the two objects are not the same. $actual="Actual value" $actual | Should -Be "actual value" # Test will pass $actual | Should -Be "not actual value" # Test will fail BeExactly Compares one object with another for equality and throws if the two objects are not the same. This comparison is case sensitive. $actual="Actual value" $actual | Should -BeExactly "Actual value" # Test will pass $actual | Should -BeExactly "actual value" # Test will fail BeNullOrEmpty Checks values for null or empty (strings). The static [String]::IsNullOrEmpty() method is used to do the comparison. $null | Should -BeNullOrEmpty # Test will pass $null | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty # Test will fail @() | Should -BeNullOrEmpty # Test will pass "" | Should -BeNullOrEmpty # Test will pass BeTrue Asserts that the value is true, or truthy. $true | Should -BeTrue 1 | Should -BeTrue 1,2,3 | Should -BeTrue BeFalse Asserts that the value is false of falsy. $false | Should -BeFalse 0 | Should -BeFalse $null | Should -BeFalse BeOfType, HaveType Asserts that the actual value should be an object of a specified type (or a subclass of the specified type) using PowerShell's -is operator: $actual = Get-Item $env:SystemRoot $actual | Should -BeOfType System.IO.DirectoryInfo # Test will pass; object is a DirectoryInfo $actual | Should -BeOfType System.IO.FileSystemInfo # Test will pass; DirectoryInfo base class is FileSystemInfo $actual | Should -HaveType System.IO.FileSystemInfo # Test will pass; DirectoryInfo base class is FileSystemInfo $actual | Should -BeOfType System.IO.FileInfo # Test will fail; FileInfo is not a base class of DirectoryInfo TEXT BeLike Asserts that the actual value matches a wildcard pattern using PowerShell's -like operator. This comparison is not case-sensitive. $actual="Actual value" $actual | Should -BeLike "actual *" # Test will pass $actual | Should -BeLike "not actual *" # Test will fail BeLikeExactly Asserts that the actual value matches a wildcard pattern using PowerShell's -like operator. This comparison is case-sensitive. $actual="Actual value" $actual | Should -BeLikeExactly "Actual *" # Test will pass $actual | Should -BeLikeExactly "actual *" # Test will fail Match Uses a regular expression to compare two objects. This comparison is not case sensitive. "I am a value" | Should -Match "I Am" # Test will pass "I am a value" | Should -Match "I am a bad person" # Test will fail Tip: Use [regex]::Escape("pattern") to match the exact text. "Greg" | Should -Match ".reg" # Test will pass "Greg" | Should -Match ([regex]::Escape(".reg")) # Test will fail MatchExactly Uses a regular expression to compare two objects. This comparison is case sensitive. "I am a value" | Should -MatchExactly "I am" # Test will pass "I am a value" | Should -MatchExactly "I Am" # Test will fail COMPARISON BeGreaterThan Asserts that a number (or other comparable value) is greater than an expected value. Uses PowerShell's -gt operator to compare the two values. 2 | Should -BeGreaterThan 0 BeGreaterThanOrEqual Asserts that a number (or other comparable value) is greater than or equal to an expected value. Uses PowerShell's -ge operator to compare the two values. 2 | Should -BeGreaterOrEqual 0 2 | Should -BeGreaterOrEqual 2 BeLessThan Asserts that a number (or other comparable value) is lower than an expected value. Uses PowerShell's -lt operator to compare the two values. 1 | Should -BeLessThan 10 BeLessThanOrEqual Asserts that a number (or other comparable value) is lower than, or equal to an expected value. Uses PowerShell's -le operator to compare the two values. 1 | Should -BeLessOrEqual 10 10 | Should -BeLessOrEqual 10 COLLECTION BeIn Asserts that a collection of values contain a specific value. Uses PowerShell's -contains operator to confirm. 1 | Should -BeIn @(1,2,3,'a','b','c') Contain Asserts that collection contains a specific value. Uses PowerShell's -contains operator to confirm. 1,2,3 | Should -Contain 1 HaveCount Asserts that a collection has the expected amount of items. 1,2,3 | Should -HaveCount 3 FILE Exist Does not perform any comparison but checks if the object calling Exist is present in a PS Provider. The object must have valid path syntax. It essentially must pass a Test-Path call. $actual=(Dir . )[0].FullName Remove-Item $actual $actual | Should -Exist # Test will fail FileContentMatch Checks to see if a file contains the specified text. This search is not case sensitive and uses regular expressions. Set-Content -Path TestDrive:\file.txt -Value 'I am a file.' 'TestDrive:\file.txt' | Should -FileContentMatch 'I Am' # Test will pass 'TestDrive:\file.txt' | Should -FileContentMatch '^I.*file$' # Test will pass 'TestDrive:\file.txt' | Should -FileContentMatch 'I Am Not' # Test will fail Tip: Use [regex]::Escape("pattern") to match the exact text. Set-Content -Path TestDrive:\file.txt -Value 'I am a file.' 'TestDrive:\file.txt' | Should -FileContentMatch 'I.am.a.file' # Test will pass 'TestDrive:\file.txt' | Should -FileContentMatch ([regex]::Escape('I.am.a.file')) # Test will fail FileContentMatchExactly Checks to see if a file contains the specified text. This search is case sensitive and uses regular expressions to match the text. Set-Content -Path TestDrive:\file.txt -Value 'I am a file.' 'TestDrive:\file.txt' | Should -FileContentMatch 'I am' # Test will pass 'TestDrive:\file.txt' | Should -FileContentMatch 'I Am' # Test will fail EXCEPTIONS Throw Checks if an exception was thrown. Enclose input in a script block. { foo } | Should -Throw # Test will pass { $foo = 1 } | Should -Throw # Test will fail { foo } | Should -Not -Throw # Test will fail { $foo = 1 } | Should -Not -Throw # Test will pass Warning: The input object must be a ScriptBlock, otherwise it is processed outside of the assertion. Get-Process -Name "process" -ErrorAction Stop | Should -Throw # Should pass, but the exception thrown by Get-Process causes the test to fail. NEGATIVE ASSERTIONS Any of the Should operators described above can be negated by using the word "Not" before the operator. For example: 'one' | Should -Not -Be 'Two' { Get-Item $env:SystemRoot } | Should -Not -Throw USING SHOULD IN A TEST function Add-Numbers($a, $b) { return $a + $b } Describe "Add-Numbers" { It "adds positive numbers" { $sum = Add-Numbers 2 3 $sum | Should -Be 3 } } This test will fail since 3 will not be equal to the sum of 2 and 3. BECAUSE Every built in assertion allows you to specify -Because parameter, to give more meaning to your tests. function Get-Group { $null } $groups = 1..10 | Get-Group -Size 3 $groups | Should -HaveCount 4 -Because "because 10 items are split into three groups with 3 members and one extra group with 1 member" Which fails with: "Expected a collection with size {4}, because 10 items are split into three groups with 3 members and one extra group with 1 member, but got collection with size {1} []. SEE ALSO Describe Context It |