On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 7:05 AM, Ashley Moran
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 13/03/2008, Bart Zonneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hey list,
> >
> > I'm refactoring some much-used functionality into a common_steps step
> > group. Methods like this are in there:
>
>
> Hi Bart / list
>
> This is not quite what you are thinking but I've noticed something strange
> about steps_for. Basically when the steps are define the Given, When, Then
> methods run in the context of a StepGroup, but when they run they have a
> different context.
>
> So to call a method in a step group you have to do something like this:
>
> steps_for :login do
> def sign_in(page, username, password)
> # ...
> end
>
> Given "a signed-in support user" do
> # ...
> @page = browser.open_page("/signin")
> steps_for(:login).sign_in(@page, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
> "support-password")
> end
>
> # ...
> end
>
> (If you wonder about the code, I'm using Selenium not Rails Stories)
>
> Two consequences of this scoping :
> * you have to use steps_for(:login) as the explicit receiver of the sign_in
> method
> * you have to pass in the instance variable because when the code runs,
> sign_in puts the instance variables in the StepGroup, not in whatever object
> the runner uses (didn't bother to figure that out)
I have mixed feelings about this. If you do build up a library of step
groups, having explicit scoping like this can be a great benefit.
Agreed it makes things less convenient otherwise.
I can see copying the helper methods to the scope in which the steps
are executed. WDYT?
David
>
> Really strange behaviour - I wonder if there's a better way to do this. Am
> I going about it the wrong way by using methods in steps_for? Comments
> welcome
>
> Ashley
>
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