Asynchronous Unit Testing in Swift

Chris Adamson:

Fortunately, this is where Xcode 6′s asynchronous testing comes in. It allows us to createXCTestExpectation objects, which are not tests but timers. We create expectations withXCTestCase’sexpectationWithDescription(), which just takes a string to describe what we’re waiting for. Then, prior to the end of thetest… method, we callwaitForExpectationsWithTimeout(), passing in a timeout period and a completion handler closure. This prevents the test method from exiting until either the timeout expires, or some asynchronous test code callsfulfill() on the expectation object, which unblocks it.

Update (2014-07-22):Mattt Thompson:

Perhaps the most exciting feature added in Xcode 6 is built-in support for asynchronous testing, with theXCTestExpectation class. Now, tests can wait for a specified length of time for certain conditions to be satisfied, without resorting to complicated GCD incantations.

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