[ruby-talk:5996] Re: More RubyUnit questions.

On 15 Aug 2000, Dave Thomas wrote:

> Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
> > module RUNIT
      class TestCase
> >     def TestCase.suite
> >       TestSuite.new(self)
> >     end
> >   end
> > end
> > 
> > def TestCase.suite looks like the definition of a singleton method, but it
> > is not because it is not defining a method of a particular instance. What
> > is this?
> 
> You are right, it _is_ a singleton method, but of class
> RUNIT::TestCase.
> 
> The rule here is straightforward, but gets confusing because of all
> the weird terminology.
> 
>   "If a method is defined as
> 
>       def x.y
>       end
> 
>    then 'y' must be called with a received of 'x' (or a subclass of x)."

OK...
> 
> So:
> 
>    def TestCase.suite
>    end
> 
> must be called as  TestCase.suite(....), and
> 
>    d = Dave.new
>    def d.getSomeSleep
>    end
> 
> must be called with a receiver of 'd'.

Hmmm, so why is this being done *inside* the class definition of TestCase,
because non-singleton methods defined there can only have receivers of
TestCase anyway? What extras do you get?  Doing this outside has its use
like your getSomeSleep example; I can see that.
> 
> 
> 
> So, back to the TestSuite thing. The 'suite' method is used to return
> a list of the tests to be run. The default behavior is to construct a
> list of all the methods in the receiver whose names begin with
> 'test_'. However, you can override this if you want.
> 
Oh. Ok I will explore this some more....
> 
>      require 'runit/testcase'
>      require 'runit/cui/testrunner'
> 
>      class TestCoffee < RUNIT::TestCase
>        def setup
>          @pot = brew
>        end
>        def test_full
>          assert(@pot.full)
>          assert(@pot.temperature > 80)
>        end
>        def test_aroma
>          sniffer = Nose.new
>          assert_equal("rich, dark aroma", sniffer.sniff(@pot))
>        end
>        # and so on
>      end
> 
>      # build a list of tests, and run them
>      RUNIT::CUI::TestRunner.run(TestCoffee.suite)

Yes, that is nice to have.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
	Thank you,
	Hugh
	[e-mail]