From: Tom Clarke <tom@...2i.com>
Date: 2003-01-09T14:26:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Adding hooks to TestUnit


I want to have something run before the setup in each test. As this is
an API I'm writing, I want the users of the API to do minimal legwork
- handling this initialization automatically will save people from
subtle bugs.

-Tom

On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 02:08:15PM +0900, Dmitri Colebatch wrote:
> use a singleton?
> 
> you want something that is run once per suite right?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Clarke" <tom@u2i.com>
> To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:03 PM
> Subject: Adding hooks to TestUnit
> 
> 
> > In Narf I have a module that is included in a test class to provide
> > additional facilities for web based testing. 
> >    
> > class MyWebTest < TestCase
> >       include Web::Testing
> > 
> >       def setup
> >         ...
> >       end
> > 
> >       ... tests
> > end
> > 
> > I need a way of performing an operation prior to the setup method
> > being called before all tests where the Web::Testing module is
> > included.
> > 
> > Anyone know how I can do this, or does Test::Unit need to be enhanced?
> > 
> > -Tom
> 
>