Method: RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup.xspecify

Defined in:

lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb

.xspecify ⇒ void .xspecify(&example_implementation) ⇒ void .xspecify(doc_string, *metadata) ⇒ void .xspecify(doc_string, *metadata, &example_implementation) ⇒ void

Shortcut to define an example with :skip => 'Temporarily skipped with xspecify'.

Examples:

xspecify do
end

xspecify "does something" do
end

xspecify "does something", :slow, :uses_js do
end

xspecify "does something", :with => 'additional metadata' do
end

xspecify "does something" do |ex|
  # ex is the Example object that contains metadata about the example
end

Overloads:

• .xspecify(&example_implementation) ⇒ void

  Parameters:

  • example_implementation (Block) —

    The implementation of the example.

• .xspecify(doc_string, *metadata) ⇒ void

  Parameters:

  • doc_string (String) —

    The example's doc string.

  • metadata (Array<Symbol>, Hash) —

    Metadata for the example. Symbols will be transformed into hash entries with true values.

• .xspecify(doc_string, *metadata, &example_implementation) ⇒ void

  Parameters:

  • doc_string (String) —

    The example's doc string.

  • metadata (Array<Symbol>, Hash) —

    Metadata for the example. Symbols will be transformed into hash entries with true values.

  • example_implementation (Block) —

    The implementation of the example.

Yields:

• (Example) —

  the example object

See Also:

• example

# File 'lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb', line 192

define_example_method :xspecify, :skip => 'Temporarily skipped with xspecify'