rspec users - Feb 2010 - Recall a example inside another (just like in Cucumber)

Hello guys,

I was spec''ing a model and just tried to do something like this

    it "should create a payment with period_start & period_end set
correctly" do
        it "should create a new payment for an approved transaction"

        previous_payment = Payment.find(Payment.last.id-1)
        just_created_payment = Payment.last
        #Here, check below for a documentation of how period_start and
        #period_end should be set as of now:
        payment.period_start.should == previous_payment.period_end
        payment.period_end.should ==  previous_payment.period_end +
(@subscription.billing_cycle.months).months


      end

Calling an already defined example, since this one requires all the
tests/objects from the "should created a new payment for an approved
transaction".

I know I could just recreted all objects locally or just use a before block,
but I think it would be useful if we could do like this just like Cucumber
allows with steps.

Cheers,

Marcelo.
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On 18 Feb 2010, at 19:33, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I was spec''ing a model and just tried to do something like this
>
>     it "should create a payment with period_start & period_end set
> correctly" do
>         it "should create a new payment for an approved
transaction"
>
>         previous_payment = Payment.find(Payment.last.id-1)
>         just_created_payment = Payment.last
>         #Here, check below for a documentation of how period_start and
>         #period_end should be set as of now:
>         payment.period_start.should == previous_payment.period_end
>         payment.period_end.should ==  previous_payment.period_end +  
> (@subscription.billing_cycle.months).months
>
>
>       end
>
> Calling an already defined example, since this one requires all the  
> tests/objects from the "should created a new payment for an approved  
> transaction".
>
> I know I could just recreted all objects locally or just use a  
> before block, but I think it would be useful if we could do like  
> this just like Cucumber allows with steps.
Why not move the code that''s common to the two examples out into a  
before block?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marcelo.
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cheers,
Matt

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> On 18 Feb 2010, at 19:33, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
>
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> I was spec''ing a model and just tried to do something like
this
>>
>>     it "should create a payment with period_start & period_end
set
>> correctly" do
>>         it "should create a new payment for an approved
transaction"
>>
>>         previous_payment = Payment.find(Payment.last.id-1)
>>         just_created_payment = Payment.last
>>         #Here, check below for a documentation of how period_start and
>>         #period_end should be set as of now:
>>         payment.period_start.should == previous_payment.period_end
>>         payment.period_end.should ==  previous_payment.period_end + 
>> (@subscription.billing_cycle.months).months
>>
>>
>>       end
>>
>> Calling an already defined example, since this one requires all the 
>> tests/objects from the "should created a new payment for an
approved
>> transaction".
>>
>> I know I could just recreted all objects locally or just use a before 
>> block, but I think it would be useful if we could do like this just 
>> like Cucumber allows with steps. 
>
> Why not move the code that''s common to the two examples out into a
> before block?
>
Or a shared example? I haven''t used them much, so I''m only
guessing that
it would work.

Peace,
Phillip