On Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Pin Xie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working some test scripts with rspec, I try to pend example, once
> user input is not supported. However, the result is not what I
> expected pending example, instead of exception - "NameError: undefined
> local variable or method `example'"
>
> I know pending method works inside of describe block, but my question
> is how pending method work outside of rspec example, just like should
> method?
>
> Thanks.
>
> source code is enclosed.
> ## harness.rb
> require "rspec"
> class Harness
> include RSpec::Core::Pending
>
> def get_fruit(fruit_name)
> pending "your input #{fruit_name} does not supported yet!" unless
> get_supported_fruits().include?(fruit_name)
> create(fruit_name)
> end
> end
>
> # fruit_spec.rb
> require "harness"
> describe "create fruit" do
> it "create pineapple" do
> harness = Harness.new
> fruit = harness.get_fruit("pineapple")
> end
> end
>
>
The `Pending` module is intended to be used outside of `ExampleGroup`, which is
where the `example` method is defined. I realize it's a separate module, but it
is not intended to be a public API.
I'd just define `get_fruit` right in the group where it's being used, or in a
module included into all groups using `config.before`:
describe Something do
def get_fruit(…); …; end
it "does something" do
# …
end
end
or …..
module FruitHelpers
def get_fruit(…); …; end
end
RSpec.configure {|c| c.include FruitHelpers}
HTH,
David
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