RSpec - 元数据

RSpec 是一个灵活且强大的工具。RSpec 中的元数据功能也不例外。元数据通常是指“关于数据的数据”。在 RSpec 中，这意味着你的 describe、context 和 it 块有关的数据。

我们来看一个示例 −

RSpec.describe "An Example Group with a metadata variable", :foo => 17 do 
   context 'and a context with another variable', :bar => 12 do 
      
      it 'can access the metadata variable of the outer Example Group' do |example| 
         expect(example.metadata[:foo]).to eq(17) 
      end
      
      it 'can access the metadata variable in the context block' do |example|  
         expect(example.metadata[:bar]).to eq(12) 
      end 
      
   end 
end

运行以上代码后，会看到此输出 −

.. 
Finished in 0.002 seconds (files took 0.11301 seconds to load) 
2 examples, 0 failures

元数据提供了一种方法，可以在 RSpec 文件内的各个范围中分配变量。example.metadata 变量是一个 Ruby 哈希，其中包含有关示例和示例组的其他信息。

例如，我们尝试将以上代码重写如下 −

RSpec.describe "An Example Group with a metadata variable", :foo => 17 do
   context 'and a context with another variable', :bar => 12 do 
      
      it 'can access the metadata variable in the context block' do |example|
         expect(example.metadata[:foo]).to eq(17) 
         expect(example.metadata[:bar]).to eq(12) 
         example.metadata.each do |k,v|
         puts "#{k}: #{v}"
      end
		
   end 
end 

运行此代码后，在 example.metadata 哈希中可以看到所有值 −

.execution_result: #<RSpec::Core::Example::ExecutionResult:0x00000002befd50>
block: #<Proc:0x00000002bf81a8@C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb:7>
description_args: ["can access the metadata variable in the context block"]
description: can access the metadata variable in the context block
full_description: An Example Group with a metadata variable and a context 
   with another variable can access the metadata variable in the context block
described_class:
file_path: ./metadata_spec.rb
line_number: 7
location: ./metadata_spec.rb:7
absolute_file_path: C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb
rerun_file_path: ./metadata_spec.rb
scoped_id: 1:1:2
foo: 17
bar: 12
example_group:
{:execution_result=>#<RSpec::Core::Example::ExecutionResult:
   0x00000002bfa0e8>, :block=>#<
   Proc:0x00000002bfac00@C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb:2>, 
   :description_args=>["and a context with another variable"], 
	
   :description=>"and a context with another variable", 
   :full_description=>"An Example Group with a metadata variable
   and a context with another variable", :described_class=>nil, 
      :file_path=>"./metadata_spec.rb", 
		
   :line_number=>2, :location=>"./metadata_spec.rb:2", 
      :absolute_file_path=>"C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb",
      :rerun_file_path=>"./metadata_spec.rb", 
		
   :scoped_id=>"1:1", :foo=>17, :parent_example_group=>
      {:execution_result=>#<
      RSpec::Core::Example::ExecutionResult:0x00000002c1f690>, 
      :block=>#<Proc:0x00000002baff70@C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb:1>
      , :description_args=>["An Example Group with a metadata variable"], 
		
   :description=>"An Example Group with a metadata variable", 
   :full_description=>"An Example Group with a metadata variable", 
	:described_class=>nil, :file_path=>"./metadata_spec.rb", 
   :line_number=>1, :location=>"./metadata_spec.rb:1",
   :absolute_file_path=>
	
   "C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb", 
   :rerun_file_path=>"./metadata_spec.rb", 
   :scoped_id=>"1", :foo=>17}, 
   :bar=>12}shared_group_inclusion_backtrace: [] 
	
last_run_status: unknown .
.
Finished in 0.004 seconds (files took 0.11101 seconds to load) 
2 examples, 0 failures

你可能用不到所有这些元数据，但是来看看说明值的完整描述 −

带有一个元数据变量的示例组和一个带另一个变量的上下文可以在上下文块中访问元数据变量。

这是一个由 describe 块说明 + 其包含的 context 块说明 + it 块的说明组合而成的句子。

需要注意的是，这三个字符串加在一起就像一个正常的英语句子。. .这是 RSpec 背后的一个理念，即测试听起来像行为的英文说明。