org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasProperty cannot be resolved

Question

The import org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasProperty cannot be resolved in JUnit4.12.

What is the alternative to use hasProperty?

Ingeringersoll

Answer 1

Hamcrest is not embedded in JUnit 4.12, instead you'll need to include the separate Hamcrest library on your classpath.

If you are using Maven you can do this by including the following dependency in your pom.xml:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
    <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
    <version>1.3</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency> 

Alternatively you can download the JAR from Maven Central.

Kelwunn

FWIW, In 2021 hamcrest-library has been replaced by the hamcrest package as follows (using Gradle notation); testImplementation org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2 – Mongol

Answer 2

In case you only need it for UnitTests you can use following dependency (works with JUnit5 as well):

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
    <artifactId>hamcrest-junit</artifactId>
    <version>2.0.0.0</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Zillion

Answer 3

Use this import if you are not able to use the hamcrest "equalTo" method.

import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;

body("scope", equalTo("APP"));

Alderman