Comments on: Using macros to create custom example groups in RSpec http://jorgemanrubia.net/2010/01/16/using-macros-to-create-custom-example-groups-in-rspec/ Personal Page Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:59:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matt Green http://jorgemanrubia.net/2010/01/16/using-macros-to-create-custom-example-groups-in-rspec/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Matt Green Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:41:04 +0000 http://jorgemanrubia.net/2010/01/16/using-macros-to-create-custom-example-groups-in-rspec/#comment-571 <p>Incredible. Thank you!</p> Incredible. Thank you!

]]> By: Jorge Manrubia http://jorgemanrubia.net/2010/01/16/using-macros-to-create-custom-example-groups-in-rspec/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Jorge Manrubia Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:16:29 +0000 http://jorgemanrubia.net/2010/01/16/using-macros-to-create-custom-example-groups-in-rspec/#comment-454 <p>I am glad it helped. Thanks for the feedback</p> I am glad it helped. Thanks for the feedback

]]> By: JW http://jorgemanrubia.net/2010/01/16/using-macros-to-create-custom-example-groups-in-rspec/comment-page-1/#comment-453 JW Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:04:24 +0000 http://jorgemanrubia.net/2010/01/16/using-macros-to-create-custom-example-groups-in-rspec/#comment-453 <p>Very nice. This is exactly the explanation I needed. You have brought my headache to a pleasantly abrupt end! I'm now using this technique to define a set a examples that get run twice against my API which supports both XML and JSON output, toggling the "format=" parameter on the query for each run:</p> <p><code lang="ruby"> def for_both_xml_and_json(&block) [:xml, :json].each do |format| new_class = context "(format=#{format})" do before do @params['format'] = "#{format}" end end new_class.class_eval &block end end </code></p> <p>for_both_xml_and_json do it "responds ok" do get @url, @params last_response.should be_ok end end</p> Very nice. This is exactly the explanation I needed. You have brought my headache to a pleasantly abrupt end! I’m now using this technique to define a set a examples that get run twice against my API which supports both XML and JSON output, toggling the “format=” parameter on the query for each run:

def for_both_xml_and_json(&amp;block)
  [:xml, :json].each do |format|
    new_class = context "(format=#{format})" do
      before do
        @params['format'] = "#{format}"
      end
    end
    new_class.class_eval &amp;block
  end
end

for_both_xml_and_json do it “responds ok” do get @url, @params last_response.should be_ok end end

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