corrected way to specify cause of AssertionError

9 years ago · 4642a09ae6
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonassert/impl/JsonAsserterImpl.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonassert/impl/JsonAsserterImpl.java
@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ public class JsonAsserterImpl implements JsonAsserter {
        try {
            obj = JsonPath.<T>read(jsonObject, path);
        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new AssertionError(String.format("Error reading JSON path [%s]: %s", path, e));
+            final AssertionError assertionError = new AssertionError(String.format("Error reading JSON path [%s]", path));
+            assertionError.initCause(e);
+            throw assertionError;
        }

        if (!matcher.matches(obj)) {