rspec users - Aug 2009 - How do you get example full description in Rspec 1.2.x?

Hi All,

I''ve been using Rspec 1.1.8 for some time now and even though I am not
sure I''m doing this the best way possible, it allowed to get a full
description block of a nested example but Rspec 1.2.8 does not seem to
have the method I was using (__full_description). My example groups
would look like this:

describe "My test suite" do
  after(:each)
    puts self.__full description
  end

  describe "00001: My first test" do
    it "should do something" do
      # some code goes here
    end
  end
end

With Rspec 1.1.8 (or lower), the __full_description method will give
me something like "My test suite 00001: My first test should do
something" which is exactly what I want.

However, with Rspec 1.2.8, there is no such method. If I use
self.description, I only get what is in the it block, as expected.

How can I access a full description string of a nested example like
__full_description used to do? Can I also access an example
description in the after(:each) block without referring to the self
object? Thanks in advance.

Regards,

John

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:51 AM, John Kolokotronis<johnjkle at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I''ve been using Rspec 1.1.8 for some time now and even though I am
not
> sure I''m doing this the best way possible, it allowed to get a
full
> description block of a nested example but Rspec 1.2.8 does not seem to
> have the method I was using (__full_description).
By convention, anything prefixed with a "_" is not part of the public
API and subject to change.
> My example groups
> would look like this:
>
> describe "My test suite" do
> ?after(:each)
> ? ?puts self.__full description
> ?end
>
> ?describe "00001: My first test" do
> ? ?it "should do something" do
> ? ? ?# some code goes here
> ? ?end
> ?end
> end
>
> With Rspec 1.1.8 (or lower), the __full_description method will give
> me something like "My test suite 00001: My first test should do
> something" which is exactly what I want.
>
> However, with Rspec 1.2.8, there is no such method. If I use
> self.description, I only get what is in the it block, as expected.
>
> How can I access a full description string of a nested example like
> __full_description used to do? Can I also access an example
> description in the after(:each) block without referring to the self
> object? Thanks in advance.
There is no full_description method right now, but it''s dead simple:

def full_description
  "#{self.class.description} #{description}"
end

Feel free to file a ticket for this at http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com

Cheers,
David
> Regards,
>
> John
>
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Thanks David, I didn''t realize it was so easy to add the method back
in (class.description never occurred to me) so including it in my
spec_helper file sorts my problem for now and I can use Rspec 1.2.8.
I''ve logged a ticket as requested:

https://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/5645-rspec/tickets/873-rspec-12x-does-not-contain-__full_description-method

Thanks again for the quick reply.

Regards,

John