To add to my post on unit testing code that calls System.exit() I've wrote a little JUnit @Rule that allows you to set expectations in a simplified way.
The code is available on github.com/kay/assert-exit
Usage:
public class ExpectedExitTest { @Rule public ExpectedExit expectedExit = ExpectedExit.noAttempt(); @Test public void invokesExitAsExpected() { this.expectedExit.expectExit(7); System.exit(7); } }
Enjoy