update junit and hamcrest dependencies, use non-dreprecated junit Assert class, add better error failure messages when tests cannot connect to server or https as not being disabled.

mifosng-provider/build.gradle

@@ -159,9 +159,8 @@ dependencies {
                 [group: 'com.googlecode.flyway', name: 'flyway-maven-plugin', version: '2.1.1']
  	        )
  	        
- 	 testCompile 'junit:junit:4.10', 
+ 	 testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11', 
-                 'org.mockito:mockito-all:1.9.0',
+                 'org.mockito:mockito-all:1.9.5',
-                 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.1',
                  'com.jayway.restassured:rest-assured:1.7.2'
  	 
 }

mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/ClientLoanIntegrationTest.java

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.mifosplatform.integrationtests;
 
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;

mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/LoanWithWaiveInterestAndWriteOffIntegrationTest.java

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.mifosplatform.integrationtests;
 
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;

mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/ClientHelper.java

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package org.mifosplatform.integrationtests.common;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.jayway.restassured.specification.RequestSpecification;

mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/LoanStatusChecker.java

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
-
 import com.jayway.restassured.specification.RequestSpecification;
 import com.jayway.restassured.specification.ResponseSpecification;
 
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ public class LoanStatusChecker {
     }
 
     public static void verifyLoanAccountIsClosed(final HashMap loanStatusHashMap) {
-        Assert.assertTrue(getStatus(loanStatusHashMap, "closed"));
+        assertTrue(getStatus(loanStatusHashMap, "closed"));
     }
 
     public static HashMap getStatusOfLoan(final RequestSpecification requestSpec, final ResponseSpecification responseSpec,

mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/Utils.java

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package org.mifosplatform.integrationtests.common;
 
 import static com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured.given;
 import static com.jayway.restassured.path.json.JsonPath.from;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException;
 
 import com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured;
 import com.jayway.restassured.path.json.JsonPath;
@@ -14,9 +18,24 @@ public class Utils {
     private static final String LOGIN_URL = "/mifosng-provider/api/v1/authentication?username=mifos&password=password&tenantIdentifier=default";
 
     public static String loginIntoServerAndGetBase64EncodedAuthenticationKey() {
-        System.out.println("-----------------------------------LOGIN-----------------------------------------");
+        try {
-        String json = RestAssured.post(LOGIN_URL).asString();
+            System.out.println("-----------------------------------LOGIN-----------------------------------------");
-        return JsonPath.with(json).get("base64EncodedAuthenticationKey");
+            String json = RestAssured.post(LOGIN_URL).asString();
+            if (StringUtils.isBlank(json)) {
+                assertThat(
+                        "Failed to login into mifosx platform: Please check it is running and you have changed its securityContext.xml from requires-channel=\"https\" to requires-channel=\"http\"",
+                        false);
+            }
+            return JsonPath.with(json).get("base64EncodedAuthenticationKey");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+
+            if (e instanceof HttpHostConnectException) {
+                HttpHostConnectException hh = (HttpHostConnectException) e;
+                assertThat("Failed to connect to mifosx platform: " + hh.getMessage(), false);
+            }
+
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
     }
 
     public static <T> T performServerGet(final RequestSpecification requestSpec, final ResponseSpecification responseSpec,