From: Matt Berney <matt_watir@...>
Date: 2007-03-31T00:43:57+09:00
Subject: Re: passing data to tests with test/unit

Thanks to everyone who posted responses.  Through a combination of your 
feedback and experimentation, here is the solution I came up with:

class TC_CreateOrder < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_NewOrder
    orderTypeList = File.open('orders.yaml') { |yf| YAML::load(yf) }
    orderTypeList.each { |type|
      # perform the test
      assert "order successful"
      @_result.add_run
  end
end


The trick was the last line "@_result.add_run".  By adding this line, 
each time through the loop increments the test count such that each 
order is a separate test case.


Nasir Khan wrote:
> You could write a private method in your test class which is called from 
> a
> public test method which in turn gets the data from a YAML file or some
> other data source.
> 
> e.g
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> require 'test/unit'
> 
> class MyTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
> 
>   def test_public
>     3.times { |i| _test_private(i) }  # get your input data here before
> calling private method
>   end
> 
>   def _test_private(arg)
>     puts  "Now testing with #{arg}"
>     assert(true)
>   end
> 
> private :_test_private
> end
> 
> -------------------------------
> Loaded suite test
> Started
> Now testing with 0
> Now testing with 1
> Now testing with 2
> 
> - nasir


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