How to throw and test exceptions in Objective-C

September 14, 2016

PlayerTest.m

- (void)testInvalidUrl {
    XCTAssertThrows([self.player playURL:@"foobar" error:NULL], @"Invlaid url.");
}

Player.m

- (BOOL)playURL:(NSString *)url error:(NSError **)errorPtr {
    if ([url containsString:@"track"]) {
        return [self.handler playTrack:url error:errorPtr];
    } else if ([url containsString:@"album"]) {
        return [self.handler playAlbum:url error:errorPtr];
    } else {
        [NSException raise:@"Invalid url" format:@"%@ must be a track or an album.", url];
    }
    return NO;
}