From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-10-07T18:34:39+09:00
Subject: Re: TestClass1 < TestClass0 < Test::Unit::TestCase

2008/10/7 Emil Sandin <esandin@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> I have a test class, TestClass0, with a few test methods. I specify some
> hard coded values in the setup method:
>
> # test_class0.rb
> require 'test/unit'
> class TestClass0 < Test::Unit::TestCase
>  def setup
>    @server_url = "http://localhost:8080"
>  end
>
>  def test_something_with_watir
>    # ...
>  end
>
>  def test_something_else_with_watir
>    # ...
>  end
> end
>
> # test_class1.rb
> require 'test/test_class0'
> class TestClass1 < TestClass0
>  def setup
>    @server_url = "http://my_test_server:8080"
>  end
> end
>
> I want to run the exact same tests with slightly different values,
> therefor I extend the class, override setup with the different values.
>
> The problem is the line: "require 'test/test_class0'"
> It first runs all the tests specified in TestClass0, with the
> @server_url specified in TestClass0. When they are completed the same
> tests are run with the server url specified in TestClass1. How could i
> skip the first tests, only run the tests with the @server_url from
> TestClass1?

I'd choose a completely different pattern: the URL should be part of
some kind of configuration information that you provide instead of
being hard coded in the test case.  You could

- have it in an environment variable
- in the command line
- in a config file (probably ~/.your_test_rc or such)

Cheers

robert


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