The Greedy Catcher

Definition:

• A unit test which catches exceptions and swallows the stack trace, sometimes replacing it with a less informative failure message, but sometimes even just logging (c.f. Loudmouth) and letting the test pass.

References:

Quality attributes

• - Code Example

• - Cause and Effect

• - Frequency

• - Refactoring

• Anti-Patterns - Digital Tapestry

• Categorising Test Smells

• Test-Driven Development: TDD Anti-Patterns

• Unit Testing Anti-Patterns, Full List