Perhaps you're looking for fixtures? http://thornydev.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/before-and-after-logic-in-clojuretest.html
U On 21 May 2013 15:17, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy, > > I am using clojure.test and have some questions of how to write idiomatic > Clojure. This really isn't about testing at all per-se. > > First - I know about fixtures to get (at least) the same as JUnit's > before/after behaviour. > > My code is a bloomy. You can configure the bloomy and it does different > things based on that behaviour. Pretty much every test has a different > bloomy, *and* that bloomy must be elegantly shut down. > > How should I handle this? > > At the moment I have the most un-idiomatic way and blunt way of : > > [code] > (deftest my-test > (let [bloomy (create-a-bloomy] > (try > (do-something-with-my-bloomy) > (is (=....)) > (finally (shut-down bloomy)))) > [/code] > > Yep, try/finally in every test - reminds me of early JDBC libraries before > Spring :). If I understand it correctly, I would end up writing a separate > fixture for each and every test, or at least each any every unique set of > test context. > > I did consider writing a "(defn with-bloomy [bloomy test] (try (test) > (finally (shut-down bloomy))))" but I couldn't figure out how to pass my > bloomy into the test itself. I also received lots of "assertion not in > expectation" type errors. To be explicit I would use this as "(with-bloomy > (create-a-bloomy) (deftest...)))". > > I did consider a variation on the above of passing in a function which > only contained the assertions, so "(deftest my-test (let [bloomy...] > (with-bloomy bloomy #(is (= 1 (get-something bloomy)))))" but I also ran > into similar "assertion not in expectation" type errors, and the > indentation in emacs was insane. > > I expect a macro might be the answer? > > So, how would you solve this? > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
