Simplified ExpectationFilterChain#modifyFailureMessage

spec/core/ExpectationFilterChainSpec.js

@@ -85,20 +85,29 @@ describe('ExpectationFilterChain', function() {
   });
 
   describe('#modifyFailureMessage', function() {
-    it('calls each filter with the return value of the next previously added filter', function() {
+    describe('When no filters have #modifyFailureMessage', function() {
+      it('returns the original message', function() {
+        var chain = new jasmineUnderTest.ExpectationFilterChain();
+        chain.addFilter({});
+        expect(chain.modifyFailureMessage('msg')).toEqual('msg');
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('When some filters have #modifyFailureMessage', function() {
+      it('calls the first filter that has #modifyFailureMessage', function() {
         var first = jasmine.createSpy('first').and.returnValue('first'),
-          third = jasmine.createSpy('third').and.returnValue('third'),
+          second = jasmine.createSpy('second').and.returnValue('second'),
           chain = new jasmineUnderTest.ExpectationFilterChain()
             .addFilter({modifyFailureMessage: first})
-            .addFilter({})
+            .addFilter({modifyFailureMessage: second}),
-            .addFilter({modifyFailureMessage: third}),
           result;
 
         result = chain.modifyFailureMessage('original');
 
         expect(first).toHaveBeenCalledWith('original');
-        expect(third).toHaveBeenCalledWith('first');
+        expect(second).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(result).toEqual('third');
+        expect(result).toEqual('first');
+      });
     });
   });
 });

src/core/ExpectationFilterChain.js

@@ -17,15 +17,8 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().ExpectationFilterChain = function() {
   };
 
   ExpectationFilterChain.prototype.modifyFailureMessage = function(msg) {
-    if (this.prev_) {
+    var result = this.callFirst_('modifyFailureMessage', arguments).result;
-      msg = this.prev_.modifyFailureMessage(msg);
+    return result || msg;
-    }
-
-    if (this.filter_ && this.filter_.modifyFailureMessage) {
-      msg = this.filter_.modifyFailureMessage(msg);
-    }
-
-    return msg;
   };
 
   ExpectationFilterChain.prototype.callFirst_ = function(fname, args) {