rspec-cleanup¶ ↑

If you create classes or other constants in your specs, these classes can leak to other specs unless you take special care. This gem makes it easier to isolate specs that manipulate classes (or other constants) from each other.

Normally in rspec:

describe "in rspec, it-blocks within a describe-block" do
  before do
    class Person
    end
  end

  it "can see classes defined in before blocks" do
    Person.new
  end

  it "can see classes defined within the it-block itself" do
    class Address
    end

    Address.new
  end

  it "can see classes defined in other it-blocks" do
    Address.new
  end
end

describe "it-blocks within another describe block, even in other files" do
  it "can see classes defined in a before block of another describe block" do
    Person.new
  end

  it "can see classes defined in an it block in another describe block" do
    Address.new
  end
end

But with rspec-cleanup:

describe "with rspec-cleanup, it-blocks within a describe-block" do
  # This is the magic phrase that removes created classes and
  # constants that might otherwise leak to other specs

  cleanup.after_spec    

  before do
    class Computer
    end
  end

  it "should see classes defined in before blocks" do
    Computer.new
  end

  it "should see classes defined within the it-block itself" do
    class Mouse
    end

    Mouse.new
  end

  it "should not see classes defined in other it-blocks" do
    lambda { Mouse }.should raise_error
  end
end

describe "it-blocks within another describe block" do
  it "should not see classes defined in a before block of another describe block" do
    lambda { Computer }.should raise_error
  end

  it "should not see classes defined in an it block in another describe block" do
    lambda { Computer }.should raise_error
  end
end

• Add support for specs written inside a module

• Fork the project.

• Make your feature addition or bug fix.

• Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.

• Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)

• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

Copyright © 2010 Niclas Nilsson. See LICENSE for details.