using shared_context in a global way

[Bradley]

I have some let and before declarations that I want to define for all of my tests.  I can't seem to figure out how to do this in a clean way (ie by including a module in my Rspec config).  I don't want to have to include_context for each test, I just want to run some before(:all) hooks and provide access to some default variables that example groups could override with their own let declarations.

I must be missing something because I can't find anywhere in the docs how I might achieve this.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Brad

[dchel...@gmail.com]

Hey Brad,

You can set up global `before` hooks using `RSpec.configure` [1] [2]:

  RSpec.configure {|c| c.before(:all) { do_stuff }}

`let` is not supported in `RSpec.configure`, but you _can_ set up a global `let` by including it in a SharedContext module [3] and including that module using `config.before`:

  module MyLetDeclarations

    extend RSpec::Core::SharedContext

    let(:foo) { Foo.new }

  end

  RSpec.configure { |c| c.include MyLetDeclarations }

If you're going to use that, you may as well put all your global stuff in the same module:

  module GlobalStuff

    extend RSpec::Core::SharedContext

    before(:all) { do_stuff }

    let(:foo) { Foo.new }

  end

  RSpec.configure { |c| c.include MyLetDeclarations }

HTH,

David  

[1] http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-core/RSpec#configure-class_method

[2] http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-core/RSpec/Core/Configuration

[3] http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-core/RSpec/Core/SharedContext