Hi Stu, On Mar 23, 2011, at 9:50 PM, Stu King wrote:
> How would I specify a task to run before / after running my tests for a > project definition? I am using JUnit to run some component tests against a > back end service. I have a Rake task I can call to start / stop the > service. > > Say my definition looks like this: > > define "document" do > package :jar > > task :start_service do > #start some service > end > end > > How would I call :start_service before running my unit tests? define "document" do # ... test.enhance [:start_service] end This adds :start_service to the prerequisites list for the test task. This the generic way to do what you're asking -- ensure that one task is run before another. According to the docs[1], the unit test infrastructure has special support for setup and teardown blocks; it sounds like that might also work for you. Rhett [1]: http://buildr.apache.org/testing.html#setup_teardown > > I am an inexperienced ruby developer, so any direction is greatly > appreciated. > > Cheers
