Module: Blueprints::Helper

Included in:
ActiveSupport::TestCase
Defined in:
lib/blueprints/helper.rb

Overview

A helper module that should be included in test framework. Adds methods build and demolish

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#build_attributes(name) ⇒ Object

Returns attributes that are used to build blueprint. To set what attributes are used you need to call attributes method when defining blueprint like this:

blueprint :apple do
  Fruit.build attributes
end.attributes(:name => 'apple')



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# File 'lib/blueprints/helper.rb', line 28

def build_attributes(name)
  Namespace.root[name].build_parents
  Namespace.root[name].normalized_attributes.tap { Blueprints::Namespace.root.copy_ivars(self) }
end

#build_blueprint(*names) ⇒ Object Also known as: build

Builds one or more blueprints by their names. You can pass names as symbols or strings. You can also pass additional options hash which will be available by calling options in blueprint block. Returns result of blueprint block.

# build :apple and orange blueprints
build :apple, :orange

# build :apple scenario with additional options
build :apple => {:color => 'red'}

# options can also be passed for several blueprints
build :pear, :apple => {:color => 'red'}, :orange => {:color => 'orange'}



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# File 'lib/blueprints/helper.rb', line 14

def build_blueprint(*names)
  Namespace.root.build(names, self, true)
end

#build_blueprint!(*names) ⇒ Object Also known as: build!

Same as #build_blueprint except that you can use it to build same blueprint several times.



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# File 'lib/blueprints/helper.rb', line 19

def build_blueprint!(*names)
  Namespace.root.build(names, self, false)
end

#demolish(*names) ⇒ Object

Demolishes built blueprints (by default simply calls destroy method on result of blueprint, but can be customized).

demolish :apple, :pear



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# File 'lib/blueprints/helper.rb', line 39

def demolish(*names)
  names.each { |name| Namespace.root[name].demolish }
end