module RSpec::Core::MemoizedHelpers
This module is included in {ExampleGroup}, making the methods available to be called from within example blocks.
@see ClassMethods
Public Class Methods
@private
# File rspec-core/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb, line 469 def self.define_helpers_on(example_group) example_group.include(module_for(example_group)) end
@private
Gets the named constant or yields. const_defined? / const_get take into account the the inheritance by default, and accept an argument to disable this behavior. It’s important that we don’t consider inheritance here; each example group level that uses a ‘let` should get its own `LetDefinitions` module.
# File rspec-core/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb, line 481 def self.get_constant_or_yield(example_group, name) if example_group.const_defined?(name, false) example_group.const_get(name, false) else yield end end
@private
Gets the LetDefinitions module. The module is mixed into the example group and is used to hold all let definitions. This is done so that the block passed to ‘let` can be forwarded directly on to `define_method`, so that all method constructs (including `super` and `return`) can be used in a `let` block.
The memoization is provided by a method definition on the example group that supers to the LetDefinitions definition in order to get the value to memoize.
# File rspec-core/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb, line 455 def self.module_for(example_group) get_constant_or_yield(example_group, :LetDefinitions) do mod = Module.new do include(Module.new { example_group.const_set(:NamedSubjectPreventSuper, self) }) end example_group.const_set(:LetDefinitions, mod) mod end end
@private
# File rspec-core/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb, line 84 def initialize(*) __init_memoized super end
Public Instance Methods
Wraps the ‘subject` in `expect` to make it the target of an expectation. Designed to read nicely for one-liners.
@example
describe [1, 2, 3] do it { is_expected.to be_an Array } it { is_expected.not_to include 4 } end
@see subject
@note This only works if you are using rspec-expectations.
# File rspec-core/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb, line 69 def is_expected expect(subject) end
@note ‘subject` was contributed by Joe Ferris to support the one-liner
syntax embraced by shoulda matchers:
RSpec.describe Widget do
it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name) }
end
While the examples below demonstrate how to use `subject`
explicitly in examples, we recommend that you define a method with
an intention revealing name instead.
@example
# Explicit declaration of subject. RSpec.describe Person do subject { Person.new(:birthdate => 19.years.ago) } it "is eligible to vote" do is_expected.to be_eligible_to_vote end end # Implicit subject => { Person.new }. RSpec.describe Person do it "is eligible to vote" do is_expected.to be_eligible_to_vote end end # One-liner syntax - expectation is set on the subject. RSpec.describe Person do it { is_expected.to be_eligible_to_vote } end
@note Because ‘subject` is designed to create state that is reset
between each example, and `before(:context)` is designed to setup state that is shared across _all_ examples in an example group, `subject` is _not_ intended to be used in a `before(:context)` hook.
@see is_expected
# File rspec-core/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb, line 49 def subject __memoized.fetch_or_store(:subject) do described = described_class || self.class.metadata.fetch(:description_args).first Class === described ? described.new : described end end