From: James Harrison <jam@...>
Date: 2013-03-08T08:02:09+09:00
Subject: Cannot Use Initialize With Minitest?

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Hey folks,

I've been trying my best to write a class that uses initialize() with
minitest, so that I can swap out a specific dependency at runtime. It
appears, though, that I cannot use initialize() in a class that inherits
from minitest:

#####
require "minitest/autorun"

#A simple dependency which is being dispatched to.
class Dependency
  def initialize(argument)
    $stderr.puts argument
  end
end

#The main test class.
class TestProblemReproduction < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
  def initialize(test_argument)
    Dependency.new(test_argument)
  end

  def test_something
    puts "This is here so minitest does something."
  end
end


TestProblemReproduction.new("stuff")

#######

Expected Output is to see the class Dependency output "stuff".
The actual output is that the class Dependency outputs
"stuff\ntest_something"


However, I have a use case where I would like to use minitest to run my
test cases, but I have a bunch of tests written in selenium. With one flag,
the selenium browser will be constructed to run locally on my desktop, for
local testing. With a different flag, the selenium browser is constructed
to run remotely on a set of remote test servers.

Is there any way I can hand a dependency into my minitest based test cases?
Or do they have to be static?

Thanks!

Jams

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Hey folks,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve been trying my best to write a class=
 that uses initialize() with minitest, so that I can swap out a specific de=
pendency at runtime. It appears, though, that I cannot use initialize() in =
a class that inherits from minitest:</div>
<div><br></div><div>#####</div><div><div>require &quot;minitest/autorun&quo=
t;</div><div><br></div><div>#A simple dependency which is being dispatched =
to.</div><div>class Dependency</div><div>=A0 def initialize(argument)</div>
<div>=A0 =A0 $stderr.puts argument</div><div>=A0 end</div><div>end</div><di=
v><br></div><div>#The main test class.=A0</div><div>class TestProblemReprod=
uction &lt; MiniTest::Unit::TestCase</div><div>=A0 def initialize(test_argu=
ment)</div>
<div>=A0 =A0 Dependency.new(test_argument)</div><div>=A0 end</div><div><br>=
</div><div>=A0 def test_something</div><div>=A0 =A0 puts &quot;This is here=
 so minitest does something.&quot;</div><div>=A0 end</div><div>end</div><di=
v><br></div>
<div><br></div><div>TestProblemReproduction.new(&quot;stuff&quot;)</div></d=
iv><div><br></div><div>#######</div><div><br></div><div><div>Expected Outpu=
t is to see the class Dependency output &quot;stuff&quot;.</div><div>The ac=
tual output is that the class Dependency outputs &quot;stuff\ntest_somethin=
g&quot;</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>However, I have a use case where I=
 would like to use minitest to run my test cases, but I have a bunch of tes=
ts written in selenium. With one flag, the selenium browser will be constru=
cted to run locally on my desktop, for local testing. With a different flag=
, the selenium browser is constructed to run remotely on a set of remote te=
st servers.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is there any way I can hand a dependency into my minite=
st based test cases? Or do they have to be static?</div><div><br></div><div=
>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Jams</div>

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