IsArray.describeMismatchSafely() currently appends the offending object's .toString(), which can make to figure out which comparison failed. For example hasPropery() has different error messages depending if the method exists or returns the wrong value.

It would be nice to change it so the failing matcher could describe the mismatch. Something like this:

diff --git a/IsArray.java b/IsArray.java index fa5a765..24bdea2 100644 --- a/IsArray.java +++ b/IsArray.java @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ } for (int i = 0; i < actual.length; i++) { if (!elementMatchers[i].matches(actual[i])) { - mismatchDescription.appendText("element " + i + " was ").appendValue(actual[i]); + mismatchDescription.appendText("in element " + i + " "); + elementMatchers[i].describeMismatch(actual[i], mismatchDescription); return; } }

should be addressed by commit: https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/commit/6f59fa88b4923064b2a5a41afd9ad508ec0cc602