Global setup and teardown blocks in Test::Unit

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+2 Q:

Global setup and teardown blocks in Test::Unit

What's the best way to have a setup run before every method in an entire test suite (not just one test class)?

Rspec allows you to define global before and after blocks. Is there a clean comparable way to do this in Test::Unit that doesn't involve mixing a module into each test class?

+2 A:

Patrick Reagan 2009-11-15 11:05:09

In this project it's necessary to clear some global memory caches, so that test cases don't pollute each other. I agree in general that this is a bit of a smell, but IMO it makes more sense here than requiring developers to remember to call a helper, and dealing with the sometime unpredictable consequences.I'm wondering if there's someway to avoid having to call super in each subclass that defines a setup. Does ActiveSupport::TestCase provide this feature with its setups/teardowns?

samg 2009-11-15 18:53:45

I added to the original response - not sure if that solution gets you any closer.

Patrick Reagan 2009-11-16 02:21:13