rspec users - Apr 2009 - Tests for my gem cannot find classes in gems lib directory ..

I am writing a gem and using RSpec to drive my development.  However,  
whenever I describe a class within the gems lib I get an uninitialized  
constant error.  I am placing my folder structure, spec.rake and first  
spec below.  I feel I must be missing something obvious.   
Additionally, I did output the value of f in lib inclusion code and it  
is traversing the lib folder correctly and I can instantiate the class  
in my rake.spec.  Thanks for your time.

gem_name
	+ lib
  		+gem_name
  			-foo.rb
	+spec
		- foo_spec.rb
	+tasks
		- spec.rake

my spec rake

require ''rubygems''
require ''spec''
require ''spec/rake/spectask''

Dir[File.expand_path("lib/**/*.rb")].each do |f|
   require f
end

Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new do |t|
   t.spec_files = FileList[''spec/*_spec.rb'']
end



and my spec

describe Foo do
end



The error I get

./spec/Foo_spec.rb:1: uninitialized constant Foo (NameError)
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
example_group_runner.rb:15:in `load''
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
example_group_runner.rb:15:in `load_files''
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
example_group_runner.rb:14:in `each''
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
example_group_runner.rb:14:in `load_files''
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
options.rb:99:in `run_examples''
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
command_line.rb:9:in `run''
	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/bin/spec:4
rake aborted!
Command /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ 
ruby -I"/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib" 
"/Library/Ruby/
Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/bin/spec" "spec/foo_spec.rb"  failed




Thanks again!

On 22 Apr 2009, at 01:43, Anthony Broad-Crawford wrote:
> I am writing a gem and using RSpec to drive my development.   
> However, whenever I describe a class within the gems lib I get an  
> uninitialized constant error.  I am placing my folder structure,  
> spec.rake and first spec below.  I feel I must be missing something  
> obvious.  Additionally, I did output the value of f in lib inclusion  
> code and it is traversing the lib folder correctly and I can  
> instantiate the class in my rake.spec.  Thanks for your time.
>
> gem_name
> 	+ lib
> 		+gem_name
> 			-foo.rb
> 	+spec
> 		- foo_spec.rb
> 	+tasks
> 		- spec.rake
>
> my spec rake
>
> require ''rubygems''
> require ''spec''
> require ''spec/rake/spectask''
>
> Dir[File.expand_path("lib/**/*.rb")].each do |f|
>  require f
> end
>
> Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new do |t|
>  t.spec_files = FileList[''spec/*_spec.rb'']
> end
>
>
>
> and my spec
>
> describe Foo do
> end
>
>
>
> The error I get
>
> ./spec/Foo_spec.rb:1: uninitialized constant Foo (NameError)
> 	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
> example_group_runner.rb:15:in `load''
> 	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
> example_group_runner.rb:15:in `load_files''
> 	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
> example_group_runner.rb:14:in `each''
> 	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
> example_group_runner.rb:14:in `load_files''
> 	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
> options.rb:99:in `run_examples''
> 	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/runner/ 
> command_line.rb:9:in `run''
> 	from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/bin/spec:4
> rake aborted!
> Command /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
> bin/ruby -I"/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib" 
"/Library/
> Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/bin/spec" "spec/foo_spec.rb" 
failed
>
>
>
>
> Thanks again!
You need to make sure that the foo_spec.rb requires the code in lib.  
The usual way to do this is to have a file ''spec_helper'' in
the root
of the spec folder which requires the files in lib, then require  
spec_helper from foo_spec. That means that if you need to require  
anything else (e.g. mocking libraries) for all your spec files, you  
can just put it in spec_helper.

Take a look at the specs for Cucumber, or practially any project on  
github that has a ''spec'' folder in it''s root, for an
example.

Matt Wynne
http://beta.songkick.com
http://blog.mattwynne.net