From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-09-27T21:00:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Module and Test::Unit

aidy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any way we can use test assertations in a module, or do we
> always need to create a test class and inherit test unit?
> 
> I am using assertations for GUI tests and have modules with re-usable
> methods.
> 
I'm not sure if this is what you're asking, but I do this sort of thing 
quite a lot:

module ServiceTests
   def test_foo
     assert @thing.foo
   end
   def test_bar
     assert @thing.bar
   end
end

class RawTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include ServiceTests
   def setup
     @thing = Thing.new
   end
end

class XMLRPCTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include ServiceTests
   def setup
     client = XMLRPC::Client.new('localhost', '/', $port)
     @thing = client.proxy('thing')
   end
end

That ensures that return values and the like are correct across both 
native and RPC calls, without overly duplicating code.  Is that what you 
were after?

-- 
Alex