On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:07 AM, John Kolokotronis <johnj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to Rspec but loving it so far and looking to use it as a > replacement for a Test::Unit framework I have which drives a web app > via Watir. So far, things have worked very well with Rspec but I can't > get my head around how before/after(:all) blocks would work in nested > groups, or even if what I am doing is possible. > > What I want to do is something like this: > > describe "This is a set of tests: " do > before(:all) do > puts "this should only appear once" > end > > describe "Test 1" do > puts "test 1" > end > > describe "Test 2" do > puts "test 2" > end > end > > Expecting the before(:all) block to run only once and see something > like: > > - this should only appear once > - test 1 > - test 2 > > but what I am getting is: > > - this should only appear once > - test 1 > - this should only appear once > - test 2 > > So my question is, how can you add before/after(:all) blocks that run > once and only once for for all examples, if all the examples are > nested in one main describe block? Is that something that's even > possible? I'd appreciate any pointers anyone may have. Thanks!
Right now it's not possible. There's an open ticket on this: http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/5645/tickets/632 > > Regards, > > John > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
