From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2010-07-06T21:53:45+09:00
Subject: Re: MiniTest test case execution



On Jul 6, 5:09 am, George Thomas <george.tho...@trianz.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have MiniTest derived class to run the test cases.
>
> Its something as follows
>
> class CustomClass < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
> def test1
> end
> def test2
> end
> .....
> .....
> def testn
> end
> end
>
> My requirement is that if the logic inside test1 fails , I do not want
> to execute other tests. (test2 onwards)
>
> (Calling exit , seem to be exiting from test1 only)
>
> How can I do that?

You can't. The order of test execution is not guaranteed.

You might try putting test2+ in a separate file. You might alos just
turn test1 into a conditional and only define test2+ if the condition
passes. e.g.

  if test1_condition
    def test2
      ...