From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-04-27T04:25:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Retrieving the testcase name in class inheriting unit testca

On 26.04.2009 20:23, Anil Gollaa wrote:
> Hi,
> How can i retrieve the testcase name, while running the testcases of the
> class
> inherited by unit testcase.
> 
> For example in the below script
> I would like to access the testcase name in setup function.
> 
> Testscript
> require "test/unit"
> 
> class TestSimpleNumber < Test::Unit::TestCase
> 
>   def setup
>   # need to get the testcase name that is executed when we run the the
> testcases
>   # using ruby

Do you mean like

@name = self.class.name

?  This seems superfluous as you can invoke that chain from any of the 
tests.

>   end
> 
>   def test_simple
>     assert_equal("abc", "abc" )
> 
>   end
> End

Cheers

	robert