cristian.riano
Extract common ExUnit setup
Among many of the tests in our codebase there is a setup repeated multiple times, which is basically starting some required processes (mainly Registries) and looks something like this:
setup do
start_supervised(MyApp.MyModule.Supervisor)
start_supervised({Registry, keys: :unique, name: MyApp.Registry.ById})
...
:ok
end
I want to extract this in a common module so it can be used easier.
My idea was something like this:
- Create a module with setup functions under
test/support - Import the module on the required test
- Call them with in the test setup like
setup :set_my_registries(like defined here
The problem is that the start_supervised function is of course not defined in my module.
My questions are:
- Can I import/require something from ExUnit to make it work?
- Should I try to hack it using Macros and
useit in the test? - Is there a better approach?
PS: I know the philosophy in Elixir tests is to be descriptive but is very annoying when something change names or now there is another dependency and added in all the setup blocks
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cristian.riano
So for anyone having a similar issue you can import ExUnit.Callbacks and it should do the trick.
My support module (test/support/my_app_mock.ex) now looks something like this
defmodule MyApp.Mock do
import ExUnit.Callbacks
def set_scaffold(_context) do
start_supervised(MyApp.MyModule.Supervisor)
start_supervised({Registry, keys: :unique, name: MyApp.Registry.ById})
...
:ok
end
end
And then it can be used like
...
import MyApp.Mock
setup :set_scaffold
Just don’t forget to add the path to the compilation path list (example here)
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drl123
Can you just define a special case template like conn_case, data_case, etc. that is YourApp.RegistryCase and put that common code in the setup or using block? That way the tests that need it just use YourApp.RegistryCase and those that don’t use the usual ones.
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