pfw-custom-dump

CustomDump

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Goal

Pretty-print, diff, or assert against Swift data structures using the CustomDump library.

Quick start

1. Add the swift-custom-dump package dependency from 1.0.0 or newer.
2. Add the CustomDump product to your target's dependencies.
3. import CustomDump as needed

API interface

Full API interface for when solution can't be found elsewhere: references/interface/CustomDump.swiftinterface

How to write an equality assertion that prints a pretty diff on failure

Use expectNoDifference in the test (instead of #expect(lhs == rhs)):

@Test func example() {
  ...
  expectNoDifference(lhs, rhs)
}

Note: expectNoDifference is best for static, expected state tests, not action/behavior tests. For the latter, prefer expectDifference.

• DO NOT use legacy XCTAssertNoDifference API

How to write a mutation assertion that prints a pretty diff on failure

Use expectDifference:

@Test func example() {
  ...
  expectDifference(model.counters) {
    model.incrementButtonTapped(counter: model.counters[0])
  } changes: {
    $0.counters[0] = 1
  }
}

• DO NOT use legacy XCTAssertDifference API

• ONLY use expectDifference to assert against value types

• DO assert against as much feature state as possible with no transformations (good: expectDifference(model.counters); bad: expectDifference(model.counters.map(\.count)))

• ALWAYS mutate the smallest changes possible ($0.child.counters[0].count = 2, not $0.child = Child(counters: [Counter(count: 2)], ...))

  For example, a minimal mutation of an array's elements:

  expectDifference(model.counters) {
    counter.incrementButtonTapped(counter: model.counters[2])
  } changes: {
    $0[2].count = 42
  }
  

• DO NOT replace entire data types or array elements unless all of their properties have changed

• ALWAYS reassign simple values (like numbers/strings) to avoid introducing too much logic into the assertion (good: $0.count = 2; bad: $0.count += 1)

• ALWAYS insert/remove more complex values (like arrays/dictionaries) to avoid verbose assertions that recreate a lot of elements (good: $0.counters.insert(Counter(...), at: 1); bad: $0.counters = [...])

• DO prefer expectDifference over expectNoDifference when asserting mutations caused by an action

How to pretty-print a Swift data type

Print to the console:

customDump(value)

Print to a string:

String(customDumping: value)

How to pretty-diff two Swift values

if let difference = diff(lhs, rhs) {
  print(difference)
}

How to customize the dump format of a type

Conform to one of:

• CustomDumpRepresentable
• CustomDumpStringConvertible
• CustomDumpReflectable

CustomDumpRepresentable

To override the dump of a value to another value:

extension ID: CustomDumpRepresentable {
  var customDumpValue: Any {
    rawValue
  }
}

CustomDumpStringConvertible

To override the dump of a value with a raw string:

extension UUID: CustomDumpStringConvertible {
  var customDumpString: String {
    uuidString
  }
}

CustomDumpReflectable

To override the dump of a value with a custom tree structure:

extension User: CustomDumpReflectable {
  var customDumpMirror: Mirror {
    Mirror(
      self,
      children: [
        "login": login,
        "password": "********"
      ],
      displayStyle: .struct
    )
  }
}