From: Mike Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-05-20T21:47:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Test cases dependencies?

Generally, this is considered a bad thing, since tests are supposed to be atomic
and independent.

That said, there are ways around it with having your test methods call other,
non-test methods in whatever order you need.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurent Sansonetti [mailto:laurent@datarescue.be]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 4:00 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Test cases dependencies?
>
>
> Hi rubyists ;-)
>
> Is it possible to create dependencies between ``test_'' methods, in a
> Test::Unit::TestCase object?
>
> For instance, imagine the following:
>
>    # Tests the ``foo'' library.
>    require 'test/unit'
>    class TC_foo < Test::Unit::TestCase
>        def test_init
>            # Test if the foo library can be initialized.
>        end
>        def test_bar
>            # Test the ``bar'' method of the foo library.
>            # This test requires that the library was
>            # correctly initialized before.
>        end
>    end
>
> If I run this sample, Test::Unit will firstly execute ``test_bar'', and
> secondly ``test_init'', because ``bar'' cames before ``init'' in the
> alphabetical order.
>
> I would like that ``test_bar'' depends of ``test_init''.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Laurent
>