// basic assertions
assertThat(frodo.getName()).isEqualTo("Frodo");
assertThat(frodo).isNotEqualTo(sauron);
// chaining string specific assertions
assertThat(frodo.getName()).startsWith("Fro")
.endsWith("do")
.isEqualToIgnoringCase("frodo");
// collection specific assertions (there are plenty more)
// in the examples below fellowshipOfTheRing is a List<TolkienCharacter>
assertThat(fellowshipOfTheRing).hasSize(9)
.contains(frodo, sam)
.doesNotContain(sauron);
http://joel-costigliola.github.io/assertj/index.html