How do I inherit abstract unit tests in Ruby?
- by Graeme Moss
I have two unit tests that should share a lot of common tests with slightly different setup methods. If I write something like
class Abstract < Test::Unit::TestCase
def setup
@field = create
end
def test_1
...
end
end
class Concrete1 < Abstract
def create
SomeClass1.new
end
end
class Concrete2 < Abstract
def create
SomeClass2.new
end
end
then Concrete1 does not seem to inherit the tests from Abstract. Or at least I cannot get them to run in eclipse. If I choose "Run all TestCases" for the file that contains Concrete1 then Abstract is run even though I do not want it to be. If I specify Concrete1 then it does not run any tests at all! If I specify test_1 in Concrete1 then it complains it cannot find it ("uncaught throw :invalid_test (ArgumentError)").
I'm new to Ruby. What am I missing here?
