From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2007-03-30T01:51:25+09:00
Subject: Re: passing data to tests with test/unit

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Matt Berney wrote:

> Thanks Brian,
>
> This would work ok if there was only one test method and only 3 types.
> Now let's say that I want to use this test technique multiple times,
> with multiple test methods.  And, the data input is over 100 items.
> Duplicating this structure 100 times doesn't seem tenable.
>
> What I am really looking for is a data-driven test method, such that I
> can use the same test case and pass it different data.  However, for
> test execution and measurement purposes, it is preferable to record
> these as separate tests.
>


def setup
   TEST_DATA = YAML.load(IO.read(ENV['TEST_DATA']))  # TEST_DATA is a filename for
                                                     # yaml data
end

TEST_DATA=a.yml ruby test/a.rb

-a
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