Suite Groups
As we have seen before, the
describe() function describes a test suite of related specs in a test bundle CFC. The title of the suite is concatenated with the title of a spec to create a full spec's name which is very descriptive. If you name them well, they will read out as full sentences as defined by BDD style.describe("A spec", function() {
it("is just a closure, so it can contain any code", function() {
coldbox = 0;
coldbox++;
expect( coldbox ).toBe( 1 );
});
it("can have more than one expectation", function() {
coldbox = 0;
coldbox++;
expect( coldbox ).toBe( 1 );
expect( coldbox ).toBeTrue();
});
});
Calls to our
describe() function can be nested with specs at any level or point of execution. This allows you to create your tests as a related tree of nested functions. Please note that before a spec is executed, TestBox walks down the tree executing each beforeEach() and afterEach() function in the declared order. This is a great way to logically group specs in any level as you see fit.describe("A spec", function() {
beforeEach(function( currentSpec ) {
coldbox = 22;
application.wirebox = new coldbox.system.ioc.Injector();
});
afterEach(function( currentSpec ) {
coldbox = 0;
structDelete( application, "wirebox" );
});
it("is just a function, so it can contain any code", function() {
expect( coldbox ).toBe( 22 );
});
it("can have more than one expectation and talk to scopes", function() {
expect( coldbox ).toBe( 22 );
expect( application.wirebox.getInstance( 'MyService' ) ).toBeComponent();
});
describe("nested inside a second describe", function() {
beforeEach(function( currentSpec ) {
awesome = 22;
});
afterEach(function( currentSpec ) {
awesome = 22 + 8;
});
it("can reference both scopes as needed ", function() {
expect( coldbox ).toBe( awesome );
});
});
it("can be declared after nested suites and have access to nested variables", function() {
expect( awesome ).toBe( 30 );
});
});
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