rspec users - Jan 2011 - detecting status of a spec in after block

Hi
   inside an after :each block, whats the best way to find out if the
current spec has run? Right now the only solution I have is
self.example.instance_variable_get(:@exception).nil?. Is there a
better solution?

Also, is there an on_error hook I can use instead of an after :each block?

thanks
Vishnu

On Jan 20, 2011, at 8:17 AM, vishnu wrote:
> Hi
>   inside an after :each block, whats the best way to find out if the
> current spec has run?
If you''re in an after block, the current spec has run. No need to query
anything.
> Right now the only solution I have is
> self.example.instance_variable_get(:@exception).nil?. Is there a
> better solution?
There is not. There is example.metadata[:execution_result], but it
doesn''t get the exception until after the afters (in case one has an
exception).

What is it you''re trying to do?
> Also, is there an on_error hook I can use instead of an after :each block?
That''s an interesting idea, but again, what are you trying to
accomplish?

Cheers,
David

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:49 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jan 20, 2011, at 8:17 AM, vishnu wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> ? inside an after :each block, whats the best way to find out if the
>> current spec has run?
>
> If you''re in an after block, the current spec has run. No need to
query anything.
>
oops, what I meant was succeeded or failed, not run.
>> Right now the only solution I have is
>> self.example.instance_variable_get(:@exception).nil?. Is there a
>> better solution?
>
> There is not. There is example.metadata[:execution_result], but it
doesn''t get the exception until after the afters (in case one has an
exception).
>
> What is it you''re trying to do?
>
>> Also, is there an on_error hook I can use instead of an after :each
block?
>
> That''s an interesting idea, but again, what are you trying to
accomplish?

I''m running functional tests (ui driven tests) and whenever a spec has
failed, I''d like to grab a screenshot and save it.