Module Spec::Extensions::Main
In: vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/extensions/main.rb

Methods

Public Instance methods

context(*args, &block)

Alias for describe

Creates and returns a class that includes the ExampleGroupMethods module. Which ExampleGroup type is created depends on the directory of the file calling this method. For example, Spec::Rails will use different classes for specs living in spec/models, spec/helpers, spec/views and spec/controllers.

It is also possible to override autodiscovery of the example group type with an options Hash as the last argument:

  describe "name", :type => :something_special do ...

The reason for using different behaviour classes is to have different matcher methods available from within the describe block.

See Spec::Example::ExampleFactory#register for details about how to register special implementations.

[Source]

    # File vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/extensions/main.rb, line 22
22:       def describe(*args, &block)
23:         raise ArgumentError if args.empty?
24:         raise ArgumentError unless block
25:         args << {} unless Hash === args.last
26:         args.last[:spec_path] = caller(0)[1]
27:         Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.create_example_group(*args, &block)
28:       end

Creates a Shared Example Group and assigns it to a constant

 share_as :AllEditions do
   it "should do all editions stuff" ...
 end

 describe SmallEdition do
   it_should_behave_like AllEditions

   it "should do small edition stuff" do
     ...
   end
 end

And, for those of you who prefer to use something more like Ruby, you can just include the module directly

 describe SmallEdition do
   include AllEditions

   it "should do small edition stuff" do
     ...
   end
 end

[Source]

    # File vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/extensions/main.rb, line 76
76:       def share_as(name, &block)
77:         begin
78:           Object.const_set(name, share_examples_for(name, &block))
79:         rescue NameError => e
80:           raise NameError.new(e.message + "\nThe first argument to share_as must be a legal name for a constant\n")
81:         end
82:       end

Creates an example group that can be shared by other example groups

Examples

 share_examples_for "All Editions" do
   it "all editions behaviour" ...
 end

 describe SmallEdition do
   it_should_behave_like "All Editions"

   it "should do small edition stuff" do
     ...
   end
 end

[Source]

    # File vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/extensions/main.rb, line 46
46:       def share_examples_for(name, &block)
47:         describe(name, :shared => true, &block)
48:       end
shared_examples_for(name, &block)

Alias for share_examples_for

[Validate]