Class: RSpec::Core::Configuration

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Hooks
Defined in:
lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb

Overview

Stores runtime configuration information.

Examples:

Standard settings

RSpec.configure do |c|
  c.drb          = true
  c.drb_port     = 1234
  c.default_path = 'behavior'
end

Hooks

RSpec.configure do |c|
  c.before(:suite) { establish_connection }
  c.before(:each)  {  :authorized }
  c.around(:each)  { |ex| Database.transaction(&ex) }
end

See Also:

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: MustBeConfiguredBeforeExampleGroupsError

Constant Summary collapse

DEFAULT_BACKTRACE_PATTERNS =
[
  /\/lib\d*\/ruby\//,
  /org\/jruby\//,
  /bin\//,
  /gems/,
  /spec\/spec_helper\.rb/,
  /lib\/rspec\/(core|expectations|matchers|mocks)/
]

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Hooks

#after, #around, #before, #find_hook, #hooks, #run_hook, #run_hook!, #run_hook_filtered

Methods included from MetadataHashBuilder::Common

#build_metadata_hash_from

Constructor Details

#initializeConfiguration

Returns a new instance of Configuration.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 180

def initialize
  @expectation_frameworks = []
  @include_or_extend_modules = []
  @mock_framework = nil
  @files_to_run = []
  @formatters = []
  @color = false
  @pattern = '**/*_spec.rb'
  @failure_exit_code = 1
  @backtrace_clean_patterns = DEFAULT_BACKTRACE_PATTERNS.dup
  @default_path = 'spec'
  @filter_manager = FilterManager.new
  @preferred_options = {}
  @seed = srand % 0xFFFF
end

Instance Attribute Details

#backtrace_clean_patternsObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 87

add_setting :backtrace_clean_patterns

#default_pathObject

Path to use if no path is provided to the ‘rspec` command (default: `“spec”`). Allows you to just type `rspec` instead of `rspec spec` to run all the examples in the `spec` directory.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 92

add_setting :default_path

#drbObject

Run examples over DRb (default: ‘false`). RSpec doesn’t supply the DRb server, but you can use tools like spork.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 96

add_setting :drb

#drb_portObject

The drb_port (default: ‘8989`).



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 99

add_setting :drb_port

#error_streamObject

Default: ‘$stderr`.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 102

add_setting :error_stream

#expecting_with_rspecObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 167

add_setting :expecting_with_rspec

#fail_fastObject

Clean up and exit after the first failure (default: ‘false`).



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 105

add_setting :fail_fast

#failure_exit_codeObject

The exit code to return if there are any failures (default: 1).



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 108

add_setting :failure_exit_code

#files_to_runObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 165

add_setting :files_to_run

#filter_managerObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 169

def filter_manager
  @filter_manager
end

#include_or_extend_modulesObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 163

add_setting :include_or_extend_modules

#output_streamObject

Default: ‘$stdout`. Also known as `output` and `out`



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 116

add_setting :output_stream, :alias_with => [:output, :out]

#patternObject

Load files matching this pattern (default: ‘’*/_spec.rb’‘)



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 119

add_setting :pattern, :alias_with => :filename_pattern

#profile_examplesObject

Report the times for the 10 slowest examples (default: ‘false`).



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 122

add_setting :profile_examples

#run_all_when_everything_filteredObject

Run all examples if none match the configured filters (default: ‘false`).



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 125

add_setting :run_all_when_everything_filtered

#show_failures_in_pending_blocksObject

When a block passed to pending fails (as expected), display the failure without reporting it as a failure (default: false).



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 142

add_setting :show_failures_in_pending_blocks

#treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_valuesObject

Convert symbols to hashes with the symbol as a key with a value of ‘true` (default: false).

This allows you to tag a group or example like this:

describe "something slow", :slow do
  # ...
end

… instead of having to type:

describe "something slow", :slow => true do
  # ...
end


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 158

add_setting :treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values

#ttyObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 161

add_setting :tty

Class Method Details

.add_setting(name, opts = {}) ⇒ Object

Invoked by the ‘add_setting` instance method. Use that method on a `Configuration` instance rather than this class method.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 62

def self.add_setting(name, opts={})
  raise "Use the instance add_setting method if you want to set a default" if opts.has_key?(:default)
  if opts[:alias]
    deprecate_alias_key
    define_aliases(opts[:alias], name)
  else
    attr_writer name
    define_reader name
    define_predicate_for name
  end
  [opts[:alias_with]].flatten.compact.each do |alias_name|
    define_aliases(name, alias_name)
  end
end

.define_aliases(name, alias_name) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 47

def self.define_aliases(name, alias_name)
  alias_method alias_name, name
  alias_method "#{alias_name}=", "#{name}="
  define_predicate_for alias_name
end

.define_predicate_for(*names) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 54

def self.define_predicate_for(*names)
  names.each {|name| alias_method "#{name}?", name}
end

.define_reader(name) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 30

def self.define_reader(name)
  eval <<-CODE
    def #{name}
      value_for(#{name.inspect}, defined?(@#{name}) ? @#{name} : nil)
    end
  CODE
end

.deprecate_alias_keyObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 39

def self.deprecate_alias_key
  RSpec.warn_deprecation <<-MESSAGE
The :alias option to add_setting is deprecated. Use :alias_with on the original setting instead.
Called from #{caller(0)[5]}
MESSAGE
end

Instance Method Details

#add_formatter(formatter) ⇒ Object Also known as: formatter=

Adds a formatter to the formatters collection. ‘formatter` can be a string representing any of the built-in formatters (see `built_in_formatter`), or a custom formatter class.

### Note

For internal purposes, ‘add_formatter` also accepts the name of a class and path to a file that contains that class definition, but you should consider that a private api that may change at any time without notice.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 446

def add_formatter(formatter_to_use, path=nil)
  formatter_class =
    built_in_formatter(formatter_to_use) ||
    custom_formatter(formatter_to_use) ||
    (raise ArgumentError, "Formatter '#{formatter_to_use}' unknown - maybe you meant 'documentation' or 'progress'?.")

  formatters << formatter_class.new(path ? file_at(path) : output)
end

#add_setting(name) ⇒ Object #add_setting(name, opts) ⇒ Object

Adds a custom setting to the RSpec.configuration object.

RSpec.configuration.add_setting :foo

Used internally and by extension frameworks like rspec-rails, so they can add config settings that are domain specific. For example:

RSpec.configure do |c|
  c.add_setting :use_transactional_fixtures,
    :default => true,
    :alias_with => :use_transactional_examples
end

‘add_setting` creates three methods on the configuration object, a setter, a getter, and a predicate:

RSpec.configuration.foo=(value)
RSpec.configuration.foo
RSpec.configuration.foo? # returns true if foo returns anything but nil or false

Parameters:

  • opts (Hash) (defaults to: {})

    a customizable set of options

Options Hash (opts):

  • :default (Symbol)

    set a default value for the generated getter and predicate methods:

    add_setting(:foo, :default => "default value")
    
  • :alias_with (Symbol)

    Use ‘:alias_with` to alias the setter, getter, and predicate to another name, or names:

    add_setting(:foo, :alias_with => :bar)
    add_setting(:foo, :alias_with => [:bar, :baz])
    


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 249

def add_setting(name, opts={})
  default = opts.delete(:default)
  (class << self; self; end).class_eval do
    add_setting(name, opts)
  end
  send("#{name}=", default) if default
end

#alias_example_to(new_name, *args) ⇒ Object

Creates a method that delegates to ‘example` including the submitted `args`. Used internally to add variants of `example` like `pending`:

Examples:

alias_example_to :pending, :pending => true

# This lets you do this:

describe Thing do
  pending "does something" do
    thing = Thing.new
  end
end

# ... which is the equivalent of

describe Thing do
  it "does something", :pending => true do
    thing = Thing.new
  end
end


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 496

def alias_example_to(new_name, *args)
  extra_options = (args)
  RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup.alias_example_to(new_name, extra_options)
end

#alias_it_should_behave_like_to(new_name, report_label = '') ⇒ Object

Define an alias for it_should_behave_like that allows different language (like “it_has_behavior” or “it_behaves_like”) to be employed when including shared examples.

Example:

alias_it_should_behave_like_to(:it_has_behavior, 'has behavior:')

allows the user to include a shared example group like:

describe Entity do
  it_has_behavior 'sortability' do
    let(:sortable) { Entity.new }
  end
end

which is reported in the output as:

Entity
  has behavior: sortability
    # sortability examples here


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 522

def alias_it_should_behave_like_to(new_name, report_label = '')
  RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup.alias_it_should_behave_like_to(new_name, report_label)
end

#cleaned_from_backtrace?(line) ⇒ Boolean

Used by formatters to ask whether a backtrace line should be displayed or not, based on the line matching any ‘backtrace_clean_patterns`.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 259

def cleaned_from_backtrace?(line)
  # TODO (David 2011-12-25) why are we asking the configuration to do
  # stuff? Either use the patterns directly or enapsulate the filtering
  # in a BacktraceCleaner object.
  backtrace_clean_patterns.any? { |regex| line =~ regex }
end

#colorObject Also known as: color_enabled



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 375

def color
  return false unless output_to_tty?
  value_for(:color, @color)
end

#color=(bool) ⇒ Object Also known as: color_enabled=



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 380

def color=(bool)
  return unless bool
  @color = true
  if bool && ::RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|mingw/
    unless ENV['ANSICON']
      warn "You must use ANSICON 1.31 or later (http://adoxa.110mb.com/ansicon/) to use colour on Windows"
      @color = false
    end
  end
end

#configure_expectation_frameworkObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 690

def configure_expectation_framework
  expectation_frameworks.each do |framework|
    RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup.send(:include, framework)
  end
end

#configure_group(group) ⇒ Object

Used internally to extend a group with modules using ‘include` and/or `extend`.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 677

def configure_group(group)
  include_or_extend_modules.each do |include_or_extend, mod, filters|
    next unless filters.empty? || group.any_apply?(filters)
    group.send(include_or_extend, mod)
  end
end

#configure_mock_frameworkObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 685

def configure_mock_framework
  RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup.send(:include, mock_framework)
end

#debug=(bool) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 405

def debug=(bool)
  return unless bool
  begin
    require 'ruby-debug'
    Debugger.start
  rescue LoadError => e
    raise <<-EOM

#{'*'*50}
#{e.message}

If you have it installed as a ruby gem, then you need to either require
'rubygems' or configure the RUBYOPT environment variable with the value
'rubygems'.

#{e.backtrace.join("\n")}
#{'*'*50}
EOM
  end
end

#exclusion_filterObject

Returns the ‘exclusion_filter`. If none has been set, returns an empty hash.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 600

def exclusion_filter
  filter_manager.exclusions
end

#exclusion_filter=(filter) ⇒ Object

Clears and reassigns the ‘exclusion_filter`. Set to `nil` if you don’t want any exclusion filter at all.

### Warning

This overrides any exclusion filters/tags set on the command line or in configuration files.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 594

def exclusion_filter=(filter)
  filter_manager.exclude! ([filter])
end

#expect_with(*frameworks) ⇒ Object

Sets the expectation framework module(s).

‘frameworks` can be :rspec, :stdlib, or both

Given :rspec, configures rspec/expectations. Given :stdlib, configures test/unit/assertions Given both, configures both



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 348

def expect_with(*frameworks)
  modules = frameworks.map do |framework|
    case framework
    when :rspec
      require 'rspec/expectations'
      self.expecting_with_rspec = true
      ::RSpec::Matchers
    when :stdlib
      require 'test/unit/assertions'
      ::Test::Unit::Assertions
    else
      raise ArgumentError, "#{framework.inspect} is not supported"
    end
  end

  if (modules - @expectation_frameworks).any?
    assert_no_example_groups_defined(:expect_with)
  end

  @expectation_frameworks.clear
  @expectation_frameworks.push(*modules)
end

#expectation_framework=(framework) ⇒ Object

Delegates to expect_with(framework)



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 337

def expectation_framework=(framework)
  expect_with(framework)
end

#expectation_frameworksObject

Returns the configured expectation framework adapter module(s)



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 331

def expectation_frameworks
  expect_with :rspec if @expectation_frameworks.empty?
  @expectation_frameworks
end

#extend(mod, *filters) ⇒ Object

Tells RSpec to extend example groups with ‘mod`. Methods defined in `mod` are exposed to example groups (not examples). Use `filters` to constrain the groups to extend.

Similar to ‘include`, but behavior is added to example groups, which are classes, rather than the examples, which are instances of those classes.

Examples:


module UiHelpers
  def run_in_browser
    # ...
  end
end

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.extend(UiHelpers, :type => :request)
end

describe "edit profile", :type => :request do
  run_in_browser

  it "does stuff in the client" do
    # ...
  end
end

See Also:



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 669

def extend(mod, *filters)
  include_or_extend_modules << [:extend, mod, (filters)]
end

#files_or_directories_to_run=(*files) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 469

def files_or_directories_to_run=(*files)
  files = files.flatten
  files << default_path if command == 'rspec' && default_path && files.empty?
  self.files_to_run = get_files_to_run(files)
end

#filter_run_excluding(*args) ⇒ Object

Adds key/value pairs to the ‘exclusion_filter`. If the `treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values` config option is set to true and `args` excludes any symbols that are not part of a hash, each symbol is treated as a key in the hash with the value `true`.

### Note

Filters set using this method can be overridden from the command line or config files (e.g. ‘.rspec`).

Examples:

filter_run_excluding :x => 'y'

# with treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
filter_run_excluding :foo # results in {:foo => true}


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 583

def filter_run_excluding(*args)
  filter_manager.exclude_with_low_priority (args)
end

#filter_run_including(*args) ⇒ Object Also known as: filter_run

Adds key/value pairs to the ‘inclusion_filter`. If the `treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values` config option is set to true and `args` includes any symbols that are not part of a hash, each symbol is treated as a key in the hash with the value `true`.

### Note

Filters set using this method can be overridden from the command line or config files (e.g. ‘.rspec`).

Examples:

filter_run_including :x => 'y'

# with treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
filter_run_including :foo # results in {:foo => true}


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 541

def filter_run_including(*args)
  filter_manager.include_with_low_priority (args)
end

#force(hash) ⇒ Object

Used to set higher priority option values from the command line.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 199

def force(hash)
  if hash.has_key?(:seed)
    hash[:order], hash[:seed] = order_and_seed_from_seed(hash[:seed])
  elsif hash.has_key?(:order)
    set_order_and_seed(hash)
  end
  @preferred_options.merge!(hash)
end

#formattersObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 457

def formatters
  @formatters ||= []
end

#full_backtrace=(true_or_false) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 371

def full_backtrace=(true_or_false)
  @backtrace_clean_patterns = true_or_false ? [] : DEFAULT_BACKTRACE_PATTERNS
end

#full_description=(description) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 431

def full_description=(description)
  filter_run :full_description => /#{description}/
end

#include(mod, *filters) ⇒ Object

Tells RSpec to include ‘mod` in example groups. Methods defined in `mod` are exposed to examples (not example groups). Use `filters` to constrain the groups in which to include the module.

Examples:


module AuthenticationHelpers
  def (user)
    # ...
  end
end

module UserHelpers
  def users(username)
    # ...
  end
end

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include(UserHelpers) # included in all modules
  config.include(AuthenticationHelpers, :type => :request)
end

describe "edit profile", :type => :request do
  it "can be viewed by owning user" do
     users(:jdoe)
    get "/profiles/jdoe"
    assert_select ".username", :text => 'jdoe'
  end
end

See Also:



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 636

def include(mod, *filters)
  include_or_extend_modules << [:include, mod, (filters)]
end

#inclusion_filterObject Also known as: filter

Returns the ‘inclusion_filter`. If none has been set, returns an empty hash.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 562

def inclusion_filter
  filter_manager.inclusions
end

#inclusion_filter=(filter) ⇒ Object Also known as: filter=

Clears and reassigns the ‘inclusion_filter`. Set to `nil` if you don’t want any inclusion filter at all.

### Warning

This overrides any inclusion filters/tags set on the command line or in configuration files.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 554

def inclusion_filter=(filter)
  filter_manager.include! ([filter])
end

#libs=(libs) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 397

def libs=(libs)
  libs.map {|lib| $LOAD_PATH.unshift lib}
end

#line_numbers=(line_numbers) ⇒ Object

Run examples defined on ‘line_numbers` in all files to run.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 427

def line_numbers=(line_numbers)
  filter_run :line_numbers => line_numbers.map{|l| l.to_i}
end

#load_spec_filesObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 697

def load_spec_files
  files_to_run.uniq.map {|f| load File.expand_path(f) }
  raise_if_rspec_1_is_loaded
end

#mock_frameworkObject

Returns the configured mock framework adapter module



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 267

def mock_framework
  mock_with :rspec unless @mock_framework
  @mock_framework
end

#mock_framework=(framework) ⇒ Object

Delegates to mock_framework=(framework)



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 273

def mock_framework=(framework)
  mock_with framework
end

#mock_with(framework) ⇒ Object

Sets the mock framework adapter module.

‘framework` can be a Symbol or a Module.

Given any of :rspec, :mocha, :flexmock, or :rr, configures the named framework.

Given :nothing, configures no framework. Use this if you don’t use any mocking framework to save a little bit of overhead.

Given a Module, includes that module in every example group. The module should adhere to RSpec’s mock framework adapter API:

setup_mocks_for_rspec
  - called before each example

verify_mocks_for_rspec
  - called after each example. Framework should raise an exception
    when expectations fail

teardown_mocks_for_rspec
  - called after verify_mocks_for_rspec (even if there are errors)


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 299

def mock_with(framework)
  framework_module = case framework
  when Module
    framework
  when String, Symbol
    require case framework.to_s
            when /rspec/i
              'rspec/core/mocking/with_rspec'
            when /mocha/i
              'rspec/core/mocking/with_mocha'
            when /rr/i
              'rspec/core/mocking/with_rr'
            when /flexmock/i
              'rspec/core/mocking/with_flexmock'
            else
              'rspec/core/mocking/with_absolutely_nothing'
            end
    RSpec::Core::MockFrameworkAdapter
  end

  new_name, old_name = [framework_module, @mock_framework].map do |mod|
    mod.respond_to?(:framework_name) ?  mod.framework_name : :unnamed
  end

  unless new_name == old_name
    assert_no_example_groups_defined(:mock_framework)
  end

  @mock_framework = framework_module
end

#order=(type) ⇒ Object

Sets the order and, if order is ‘’rand:<seed>‘`, also sets the seed.



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 712

def order=(type)
  order_and_seed_from_order(type)
end

#randomize?Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 716

def randomize?
  order.to_s.match(/rand/)
end

#reporterObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 461

def reporter
  @reporter ||= begin
                  add_formatter('progress') if formatters.empty?
                  Reporter.new(*formatters)
                end
end

#requires=(paths) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 401

def requires=(paths)
  paths.map {|path| require path}
end

#resetObject



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 209

def reset
  @reporter = nil
  @formatters.clear
end

#seed=(seed) ⇒ Object

Sets the seed value and sets ‘order=’rand’‘



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# File 'lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb', line 705

def seed=(seed)
  order_and_seed_from_seed(seed)
end