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good first issue: check if assertTrue has a message argument

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#4,307 opened on Nov 25, 2021

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good first issue

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Description

@MartinWitt points out rightly that assertTrue assertions should always have a message, see https://github.com/INRIA/spoon/pull/4298#pullrequestreview-814313046

It's a good Spoon exercise to write a processor to detect assertTrue without messages.

We welcome first contributors to Spoon who add missing messages to assertTrue.

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Research direction
Implement a Spoon processor that traverses the AST to find calls to assertTrue without a message argument. Use the Spoon API to check method invocations and report findings.
Tech stack
java
Domain
testing
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Java
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85