Jasmine has built-in matchers toBe
and toEqual
. If I have an object like this:
function Money(amount, currency){
this.amount = amount;
this.currency = currency;
this.sum = function (money){
return new Money(200, "USD");
}
}
and try to compare new Money(200, "USD")
and the result of sum, these built-in matchers will not work as expected. I have managed to implement a work-around based on a custom equals
method and custom matcher, but it just seems to much work.
What is the standard way to compare objects in Jasmine?
If you're looking to compare partial objects, you might consider:
cf. jasmine.github.io/partial-matching
Its the expected behavior, as two instances of an object are not the same in JavaScript.
For a clean test you should write your own matcher that compares
amount
andcurrency
:I was looking for the same thing and found an existing way to do so without any custom code or matchers. Use
toEqual()
.Your problem is with truthyness. You are trying to compare two different instances of an object which is true for regular equality ( a == b ) but not true for strict equality ( a === b). The comparator that jasmine uses is jasmine.Env.equals_() which looks for strict equality.
To accomplish what you need without changing your code you can use the regular equality by checking for truthyness with something a little like the following: