How to test for additional properties of expected Exceptions using ScalaTest - exception

Question

I'm using ScalaTest for testing some Scala code.
I currently testing for expected exceptions with code like this
import org.scalatest._
import org.scalatest.matchers.ShouldMatchers
class ImageComparisonTest extends FeatureSpec with ShouldMatchers{
feature("A test can throw an exception") {
scenario("when an exception is throw this is expected"){
evaluating { throw new Exception("message") } should produce [Exception]
}
}
}
But I would like to add additional check on the exception, e.g. I would like to check that the exceptions message contains a certain String.
Is there a 'clean' way to do this? Or do I have to use a try catch block?

Answer 1

I found a solution
val exception = intercept[SomeException]{ ... code that throws SomeException ... }
// you can add more assertions based on exception here

Answer 2

You can do the same sort of thing with the evaluating ... should produce syntax, because like intercept, it returns the caught exception:
val exception =
evaluating { throw new Exception("message") } should produce [Exception]
Then inspect the exception.

Answer 3

If you need to further inspect an expected exception, you can capture it using this syntax:
val thrown = the [SomeException] thrownBy { /* Code that throws SomeException */ }
This expression returns the caught exception so that you can inspect it further:
thrown.getMessage should equal ("Some message")
you can also capture and inspect an expected exception in one statement, like this:
the [SomeException] thrownBy {
// Code that throws SomeException
} should have message "Some message"