title: What is the alternative to using the Deprecated Hamcrest method is()?
body: <p>I use the following code at the moment to assert on a <code>boolean</code> value, however the method <code>org.hamcrest.Matchers.is()</code> is deprecated.</p>
  
  <pre><code>assertThat(someValue, is(false));
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  <p>Is there a simple alternative syntax to test for boolean values without resorting to <code>assertTrue()</code> which gives you poor failure messages like "java.lang.AssertionError"</p>
  
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  <p><strong>Edit</strong> after receiving comments/answers</p>
  
  <p>My initial concerns were raised because Eclipse shows the following import statement as deprecated </p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2fvDL.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>On viewing the <a href="http://www.jarvana.com/jarvana/view/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-library/1.2.1/hamcrest-library-1.2.1-javadoc.jar!/org/hamcrest/Matchers.html" rel="noreferrer">Hamcrest API</a> docs there are 3 overloaded variations of the <code>is()</code> method, only one of which is deprecated.</p>
  
  <p>Therefore, to clarify the comment from @mark and the answer from @matt, the use of <code>is()</code> that I have posted above is valid and not deprecated.</p>