So, as we all know, we shouldn't use subject. But what if you really like one liner syntax?
I
am working on an attempt to make subject more dynamic and allow the use
of one lines in more places. I am doing this by parsing describe
arguments and adding a couple new blocks in order to build the subject dynamically.
For example:
describe Object do
describe '#nil?' do
it { should be_false }
end
end
Will be parsed to know that the subject under test is the following: Object.new.nil?
What about class methods and methods with arguments?
describe File do
describe '.read' do
when_passed 'file.txt' do
it { should eq('contents of file.txt') }
end
end
end
This will be parsed as File.read('file.txt').
This works by storing the method, what the method is called on, and
what is passed to the method and putting it all together within a proc
that is called as the hidden subject. A period before the method
indicates it is a class method and a hash indicates it is an instance
method.
Finally there is a way to pass variables to the initializer:
describe Array do
when_initialized_with 2 do
it { should eq [nil, nil] }
end
end
This
is just the basics and I am looking for feedback and more feature
ideas. Currently I am trying to figure out passing blocks and how #let
fits in.
rspec-advanced_subject
