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The v0.0.4 release of the JUnit JAX-RS Rules 13kB JAR comes with additional matchers: clientError(), redirection(), informational() and other(), as well as, improved matcher messages, like e.g.

Expected: is 2xx family of successful responses
but: Internal Server Error 500 returned

Installation:

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.airhacks.rulz</groupId>
	<artifactId>jaxrsclient</artifactId>
	<version>v0.0.4</version>
	<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Sample usage:

import static com.airhacks.rulz.jaxrsclient.HttpMatchers.successful;

public class JAXRSClientProviderTest {

    @Rule
    public JAXRSClientProvider provider = JAXRSClientProvider.buildWithURI("http://adambien.blog");

    @Test
    public void pingJavaAndVerifyWithMatcher() {

        Response response = (...)
        assertThat(response, is(successful()));
    }

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Junit rules are also explained in the episode "JAX-RS Rules For JUnit" of the online Effective Java EE 7 workshop and episodes "AOP For JUnit - Writing Custom Rules" and "JAX-RS Test Rules" of the online version of Java EE Testing workshop.