> -----Original Message-----
> From: rspec-users-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto:rspec-users-
> boun...@rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of David Chelimsky
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:05 AM
> To: rspec-users
> Subject: Re: [rspec-users] Custom Example Groups
>
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Pat Maddox <pat.mad...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Check out http://gist.github.com/97967 - top one is a custom example
> > group, and bottom one is accessing an example's instance var from
> > within a matcher.
>
> I forked this and modified it a bit: http://gist.github.com/98041
>
> This shows how to set up class methods that you can access outside
> examples (inside groups) and instance methods you can access inside
> the examples.
>
Thank you. That also helps a lot.
> Also - just a word of caution - even though you *can* access instance
> variables in matchers, it seems very brittle to me to attach matchers
> to specifically named instance variables like that.
>
> Can you show us what you're trying to do? Perhaps there are less
> brittle alternatives.
>
Well, as an example, let's say I would want to be able to do something like
this, where the matcher is aware of its context:
describe '/posts', :type => :route do
with_method :get do
it { should be_accepted }
it { should map_to_action 'index' }
end
end
Well that with_method would either be a class method like that or use
context somehow.
But either way, in that example, I'd like be_accepted to know it's testing
the /posts route, for method GET.
Thanks,
Brandon
> Cheers,
> David
>
> >
> > Pat
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Brandon Olivares
> > <programmer2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I want to build a custom example group, but there really aren't any
> examples
> >> anywhere for how to do so. The new chapter in The RSpec Book talks
> about it,
> >> but doesn't actually show an example, only how to register it.
> >>
> >> Looking at rspec-rails, I can see a pattern, but I don't know if
> that's
> >> specific to rspec-rails, or if it is what should be done. In rspec-
> rails, it
> >> has:
> >>
> >> Class << self
> >>
> >> Within the class, and all the methods are within that.
> >>
> >> So, are there any examples anywhere for how to write an example
> group?
> >>
> >> Also, if I set an instance variable within the example group, will
> the
> >> matchers specific to that group be able to access it? That'll
> simplify my
> >> design a bit.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Brandon
> >>
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