class MiniTest::Spec

MiniTest::Spec -- The faster, better, less-magical spec framework!

For a list of expectations, see MiniTest::Expectations.

Constants

TYPES

Contains pairs of matchers and Spec classes to be used to calculate the superclass of a top-level describe. This allows for automatically customizable spec types.

See: ::register_spec_type and ::spec_type

Public Class Methods

after(type = :each, &block) click to toggle source

Define an 'after' action. Inherits the way normal methods should.

NOTE: type is ignored and is only there to make porting easier.

Equivalent to MiniTest::Unit::TestCase#teardown.

# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 171
def self.after type = :each, &block
  raise "unsupported after type: #{type}" unless type == :each

  add_teardown_hook {|tc| tc.instance_eval(&block) }
end
before(type = :each, &block) click to toggle source

Define a 'before' action. Inherits the way normal methods should.

NOTE: type is ignored and is only there to make porting easier.

Equivalent to MiniTest::Unit::TestCase#setup.

# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 158
def self.before type = :each, &block
  raise "unsupported before type: #{type}" unless type == :each

  add_setup_hook {|tc| tc.instance_eval(&block) }
end
bench(name, &block) click to toggle source

This is used to define a new benchmark method. You usually don't use this directly and is intended for those needing to write new performance curve fits (eg: you need a specific polynomial fit).

See ::bench_performance_linear for an example of how to use this.

# File lib/minitest/benchmark.rb, line 309
def self.bench name, &block
  define_method "bench_#{name.gsub(/\W+/, '_')}", &block
end
bench_performance_constant(name, threshold = 0.99, &work) click to toggle source

Create a benchmark that verifies that the performance is constant.

describe "my class" do
  bench_performance_constant "zoom_algorithm!" do |n|
    @obj.zoom_algorithm!(n)
  end
end
# File lib/minitest/benchmark.rb, line 353
def self.bench_performance_constant name, threshold = 0.99, &work
  bench name do
    assert_performance_constant threshold, &work
  end
end
bench_performance_exponential(name, threshold = 0.99, &work) click to toggle source

Create a benchmark that verifies that the performance is exponential.

describe "my class" do
  bench_performance_exponential "algorithm" do |n|
    @obj.algorithm(n)
  end
end
# File lib/minitest/benchmark.rb, line 368
def self.bench_performance_exponential name, threshold = 0.99, &work
  bench name do
    assert_performance_exponential threshold, &work
  end
end
bench_performance_linear(name, threshold = 0.99, &work) click to toggle source

Create a benchmark that verifies that the performance is linear.

describe "my class" do
  bench_performance_linear "fast_algorithm", 0.9999 do |n|
    @obj.fast_algorithm(n)
  end
end
# File lib/minitest/benchmark.rb, line 338
def self.bench_performance_linear name, threshold = 0.99, &work
  bench name do
    assert_performance_linear threshold, &work
  end
end
bench_range(&block) click to toggle source

Specifies the ranges used for benchmarking for that class.

bench_range do
  bench_exp(2, 16, 2)
end

See MiniTest::Unit::TestCase.bench_range for more details.

# File lib/minitest/benchmark.rb, line 322
def self.bench_range &block
  return super unless block

  meta = (class << self; self; end)
  meta.send :define_method, "bench_range", &block
end
children() click to toggle source

Returns the children of this spec.

# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 141
def self.children
  @children ||= []
end
it(desc = "anonymous", &block) click to toggle source

Define an expectation with name desc. Name gets morphed to a proper test method name. For some freakish reason, people who write specs don't like class inheritence, so this goes way out of its way to make sure that expectations aren't inherited.

This is also aliased to specify and doesn't require a desc arg.

Hint: If you do want inheritence, use minitest/unit. You can mix and match between assertions and expectations as much as you want.

# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 188
def self.it desc = "anonymous", &block
  block ||= proc { skip "(no tests defined)" }

  @specs ||= 0
  @specs += 1

  name = "test_%04d_%s" % [ @specs, desc.gsub(%r\W+/, '_').downcase ]

  define_method name, &block

  self.children.each do |mod|
    mod.send :undef_method, name if mod.public_method_defined? name
  end
end
let(name, &block) click to toggle source

Essentially, define an accessor for name with block.

Why use let instead of def? I honestly don't know.

# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 208
def self.let name, &block
  define_method name do
    @_memoized ||= {}
    @_memoized.fetch(name) { |k| @_memoized[k] = instance_eval(&block) }
  end
end
register_spec_type(*args, &block) click to toggle source

Register a new type of spec that matches the spec's description. This method can take either a Regexp and a spec class or a spec class and a block that takes the description and returns true if it matches.

Eg:

register_spec_type(/Controller$/, MiniTest::Spec::Rails)

or:

register_spec_type(MiniTest::Spec::RailsModel) do |desc|
  desc.superclass == ActiveRecord::Base
end
# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 109
def self.register_spec_type(*args, &block)
  if block then
    matcher, klass = block, args.first
  else
    matcher, klass = *args
  end
  TYPES.unshift [matcher, klass]
end
spec_type(desc) click to toggle source

Figure out the spec class to use based on a spec's description. Eg:

spec_type("BlahController") # => MiniTest::Spec::Rails
# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 123
def self.spec_type desc
  TYPES.find { |matcher, klass|
    if matcher.respond_to? :call then
      matcher.call desc
    else
      matcher === desc.to_s
    end
  }.last
end
subject(&block) click to toggle source

Another lazy man's accessor generator. Made even more lazy by setting the name for you to subject.

# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 219
def self.subject &block
  let :subject, &block
end