STAssertEqualObjects compare class

i trying to cover the test case

a method which return class object.

-(ClassName *)returnClass{

return _class;
}

-(void)test_ReturnClass{

id returnObj;

returnObj = [aClassNameObj returnClass];
STAssertNotNil(returnObj, @"return Not NULL Value");
STAssertEqualObjects(returnObj, [isKindOfClass: ClassName],@"");

}

I want to compare an show STAssertEqualObjects isKindOfClass:ClassName is it possible if yes please let me know.

@All Thanks In advance

Solution

It's unclear what you're asking.

If you want to check if the returned object's class is ClassName or a subclass, you can use something like this:
```
STAssertTrue([returnObj isKindOfClass:[ClassName class]], nil);
```
If you want to check that it's a ClassName and not a subclass (this seems permissible in a unit test, but not in normal code), instead use something like this:
```
STAssertTrue([returnObj isMemberOfClass:[ClassName class]], nil);
```
If you really want to use STAssertEqualObjects, you might use something like this (this also checks that the classes are equal; it does not allow the instance to be a subclass):
```
STAssertEqualObjects([returnObj class], [ClassName class], nil);
```

Personally, I'd stick to option 1. Option 2 is something I've never needed to use in production code, and option 3 is even worse (there are a few legitimate uses of [foo class], but comparing it to another class with -equals: isn't really one of them).