Hi Ben, take a look at TestResource (its comment and subclasses). It should do what you are looking for.
Peter On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 8:08 AM Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: > Say I want to write ten tests for different aspects of a web service point. > Apart from the risk of relying on an external service, > I'd like to poll the web service once rather than ten times. > I wondering about the feasibility of memorizing data between test methods. > Taking for example... > TestCase subclass: #MyTest ... > > My understanding is that MyTest >> setUp is run once per test method. > What I guess is missing is a #groupSetup that would be called at the start > of a running a group of tests. > > MyTest >> groupSetup > memorized := Dictionary new. > > MyTest >> getLiveDataOncePerRun > ^ memorized at: 'data' ifAbsentPut: [ZnClient new get: ' > http://someservice.com/liveData1'. > > MyTest >> test1 > |data| > data := self getLiveDataOncePerRun . > self assert: data result1 equals: 'expected result 1' > > MyTest >> test2 > |data| > data := self getLiveDataOncePerRun. > self assert: data result2 equals: 'expected result 2' > > cheers -ben > >
