module RSpec::Core::Hooks

Provides `before`, `after` and `around` hooks as a means of supporting common setup and teardown. This module is extended onto {ExampleGroup}, making the methods available from any `describe` or `context` block and included in {Configuration}, making them available off of the configuration object to define global setup or teardown logic.

Constants

AroundHook

@private

Public Instance Methods

after(*args, &block) click to toggle source

@api public @overload after(&block) @overload after(scope, &block)

@param scope [Symbol] `:example`, `:context`, or `:suite` (defaults to `:example`)

@overload after(scope, conditions, &block)

@param scope [Symbol] %x:example`, %x:context`, or %x:suite` (defaults to %x:example`)
@param conditions [Hash]
  constrains this hook to examples matching these conditions e.g.
  %xafter(:example, :ui => true) { ... }` will only run with examples or
  groups declared with %x:ui => true`.

@overload after(conditions, &block)

@param conditions [Hash]
  constrains this hook to examples matching these conditions e.g.
  %xafter(:example, :ui => true) { ... }` will only run with examples or
  groups declared with %x:ui => true`.

@see before @see around @see ExampleGroup @see SharedContext @see SharedExampleGroup @see Configuration

Declare a block of code to be run after each example (using `:example`) or once after all examples n the context (using `:context`). See {#before} for more information about ordering.

### Exceptions

`after` hooks are guaranteed to run even when there are exceptions in `before` hooks or examples. When an exception is raised in an after block, the exception is captured for later reporting, and subsequent `after` blocks are run.

### Order

`after` hooks are stored in three scopes, which are run in order: `:example`, `:context`, and `:suite`. They can also be declared in several different places: `RSpec.configure`, a parent group, the current group. They are run in the following order:

after(:example) # declared in the current group
after(:example) # declared in a parent group
after(:example) # declared in RSpec.configure
after(:context) # declared in the current group
after(:context) # declared in a parent group
after(:context) # declared in RSpec.configure
after(:suite)   # declared in RSpec.configure

This is the reverse of the order in which `before` hooks are run. Similarly, if more than one `after` is declared within any one scope, they are run in reverse order of that in which they are declared.

@note The `:example` and `:context` scopes are also available as

`:each` and `:all`, respectively. Use whichever you prefer.
# File lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb, line 253
def after(*args, &block)
  hooks.register :prepend, :after, *args, &block
end
Also aliased as: prepend_after
append_after(*args, &block) click to toggle source

Adds `block` to the back of the list of `after` blocks in the same scope (`:example`, `:context`, or `:suite`).

See {#after} for scoping semantics.

# File lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb, line 263
def append_after(*args, &block)
  hooks.register :append, :after, *args, &block
end
append_before(*args, &block)
Alias for: before
around(*args, &block) click to toggle source

@api public @overload around(&block) @overload around(scope, &block)

@param scope [Symbol] `:example` (defaults to `:example`)
  present for syntax parity with `before` and `after`, but
  `:example`/`:each` is the only supported value.

@overload around(scope, conditions, &block)

@param scope [Symbol] %x:example` (defaults to %x:example`)
  present for syntax parity with %xbefore` and %xafter`, but
  %x:example`/%x:each` is the only supported value.
@param conditions [Hash]
  constrains this hook to examples matching these conditions e.g.
  %xaround(:example, :ui => true) { ... }` will only run with examples or
  groups declared with %x:ui => true`.

@overload around(conditions, &block)

@param conditions [Hash]
  constrains this hook to examples matching these conditions e.g.
  %xaround(:example, :ui => true) { ... }` will only run with examples or
  groups declared with %x:ui => true`.

@yield [Example] the example to run

@note the syntax of `around` is similar to that of `before` and `after`

but the semantics are quite different. `before` and `after` hooks are
run in the context of of the examples with which they are associated,
whereas `around` hooks are actually responsible for running the
examples. Consequently, `around` hooks do not have direct access to
resources that are made available within the examples and their
associated `before` and `after` hooks.

@note `:example`/`:each` is the only supported scope.

Declare a block of code, parts of which will be run before and parts after the example. It is your responsibility to run the example:

around(:example) do |ex|
  # do some stuff before
  ex.run
  # do some stuff after
end

The yielded example aliases `run` with `call`, which lets you treat it like a `Proc`. This is especially handy when working with libaries that manage their own setup and teardown using a block or proc syntax, e.g.

around(:example) {|ex| Database.transaction(&ex)}
around(:example) {|ex| FakeFS(&ex)}
# File lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb, line 316
def around(*args, &block)
  hooks.register :prepend, :around, *args, &block
end
before(*args, &block) click to toggle source

@api public

@overload before(&block) @overload before(scope, &block)

@param scope [Symbol] `:example`, `:context`, or `:suite` (defaults to `:example`)

@overload before(scope, conditions, &block)

@param scope [Symbol] %x:example`, %x:context`, or %x:suite` (defaults to %x:example`)
@param conditions [Hash]
  constrains this hook to examples matching these conditions e.g.
  %xbefore(:example, :ui => true) { ... }` will only run with examples or
  groups declared with %x:ui => true`.

@overload before(conditions, &block)

@param conditions [Hash]
  constrains this hook to examples matching these conditions e.g.
  %xbefore(:example, :ui => true) { ... }` will only run with examples or
  groups declared with %x:ui => true`.

@see after @see around @see ExampleGroup @see SharedContext @see SharedExampleGroup @see Configuration

Declare a block of code to be run before each example (using `:example`) or once before any example (using `:context`). These are usually declared directly in the {ExampleGroup} to which they apply, but they can also be shared across multiple groups.

You can also use `before(:suite)` to run a block of code before any example groups are run. This should be declared in {RSpec.configure}

Instance variables declared in `before(:example)` or `before(:context)` are accessible within each example.

### Order

`before` hooks are stored in three scopes, which are run in order: `:suite`, `:context`, and `:example`. They can also be declared in several different places: `RSpec.configure`, a parent group, the current group. They are run in the following order:

before(:suite)    # declared in RSpec.configure
before(:context)  # declared in RSpec.configure
before(:context)  # declared in a parent group
before(:context)  # declared in the current group
before(:example)  # declared in RSpec.configure
before(:example)  # declared in a parent group
before(:example)  # declared in the current group

If more than one `before` is declared within any one scope, they are run in the order in which they are declared.

### Conditions

When you add a conditions hash to `before(:example)` or `before(:context)`, RSpec will only apply that hook to groups or examples that match the conditions. e.g.

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.before(:example, :authorized => true) do
    log_in_as :authorized_user
  end
end

describe Something, :authorized => true do
  # the before hook will run in before each example in this group
end

describe SomethingElse do
  it "does something", :authorized => true do
    # the before hook will run before this example
  end

  it "does something else" do
    # the hook will not run before this example
  end
end

### Warning: `before(:suite, :with => :conditions)`

The conditions hash is used to match against specific examples. Since `before(:suite)` is not run in relation to any specific example or group, conditions passed along with `:suite` are effectively ignored.

### Exceptions

When an exception is raised in a `before` block, RSpec skips any subsequent `before` blocks and the example, but runs all of the `after(:example)` and `after(:context)` hooks.

### Warning: implicit before blocks

`before` hooks can also be declared in shared contexts which get included implicitly either by you or by extension libraries. Since RSpec runs these in the order in which they are declared within each scope, load order matters, and can lead to confusing results when one before block depends on state that is prepared in another before block that gets run later.

### Warning: `before(:context)`

It is very tempting to use `before(:context)` to speed things up, but we recommend that you avoid this as there are a number of gotchas, as well as things that simply don't work.

#### context

`before(:context)` is run in an example that is generated to provide group context for the block.

#### instance variables

Instance variables declared in `before(:context)` are shared across all the examples in the group. This means that each example can change the state of a shared object, resulting in an ordering dependency that can make it difficult to reason about failures.

#### unsupported rspec constructs

RSpec has several constructs that reset state between each example automatically. These are not intended for use from within `before(:context)`:

* `let` declarations
* `subject` declarations
* Any mocking, stubbing or test double declaration

### other frameworks

Mock object frameworks and database transaction managers (like ActiveRecord) are typically designed around the idea of setting up before an example, running that one example, and then tearing down. This means that mocks and stubs can (sometimes) be declared in `before(:context)`, but get torn down before the first real example is ever run.

You can create database-backed model objects in a `before(:context)` in rspec-rails, but it will not be wrapped in a transaction for you, so you are on your own to clean up in an `after(:context)` block.

@example before(:example) declared in an {ExampleGroup}

describe Thing do
  before(:example) do
    @thing = Thing.new
  end

  it "does something" do
    # here you can access @thing
  end
end

@example before(:context) declared in an {ExampleGroup}

describe Parser do
  before(:context) do
    File.open(file_to_parse, 'w') do |f|
      f.write <<-CONTENT
        stuff in the file
      CONTENT
    end
  end

  it "parses the file" do
    Parser.parse(file_to_parse)
  end

  after(:context) do
    File.delete(file_to_parse)
  end
end

@note The `:example` and `:context` scopes are also available as

`:each` and `:all`, respectively. Use whichever you prefer.
# File lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb, line 184
def before(*args, &block)
  hooks.register :append, :before, *args, &block
end
Also aliased as: append_before
hooks() click to toggle source

@private Holds the various registered hooks.

# File lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb, line 322
def hooks
  @hooks ||= HookCollections.new(self,
    :around => { :example => AroundHookCollection.new },
    :before => { :example => HookCollection.new, :context => HookCollection.new, :suite => HookCollection.new },
    :after  => { :example => HookCollection.new, :context => HookCollection.new, :suite => HookCollection.new }
  )
end
prepend_after(*args, &block)
Alias for: after
prepend_before(*args, &block) click to toggle source

Adds `block` to the front of the list of `before` blocks in the same scope (`:example`, `:context`, or `:suite`).

See {#before} for scoping semantics.

# File lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb, line 194
def prepend_before(*args, &block)
  hooks.register :prepend, :before, *args, &block
end