Ruby Test:Unit, how to know fail/pass status for each test case in a test suite? - ruby

Question

This question sounds stupid, but I never found an answer online to do this.
Assume you have a test suite like this page:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/Unit_testing
or code:
require "simpleNumber"
require "test/unit"
class TestSimpleNumber < Test::Unit::TestCase
def test_simple
assert_equal(4, SimpleNumber.new(2).add(2) )
assert_equal(4, SimpleNumber.new(2).multiply(2) )
end
def test_typecheck
assert_raise( RuntimeError ) { SimpleNumber.new('a') }
end
def test_failure
assert_equal(3, SimpleNumber.new(2).add(2), "Adding doesn't work" )
end
end
Running the code:
>> ruby tc_simpleNumber2.rb
Loaded suite tc_simpleNumber2
Started
F..
Finished in 0.038617 seconds.
1) Failure:
test_failure(TestSimpleNumber) [tc_simpleNumber2.rb:16]:
Adding doesn't work.
<3> expected but was
<4>.
3 tests, 4 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors
Now, how to use a variable (what kind?) to save the testing results?
e.g., an array like this:
[{:name => 'test_simple', :status => :pass},
{:name => 'test_typecheck', :status => :pass},
{:name => 'test_failure', :status => :fail},]
I am new to testing, but desperate to know the answer...

Answer 1

you need to execute your test script file, that's it, the result will display pass or fails.
Suppose you save file test_unit_to_rspec.rb, after that execute below command
ruby test_unit_to_rspec.rb

Answer 2

Solved the problem with setting a high verbose level, in a test runner call.
http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.8.7/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/Test/Unit/UI/Console/TestRunner.html
require 'test/unit'
require 'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'
class MySuperSuite < Test::Unit::TestSuite
def self.suite
suites = self.new("My Super Test Suite")
suites << TestSimpleNumber1
suites << TestSimpleNumber2
return suites
end
end
#run the suite
# Pass an io object
#new(suite, output_level=NORMAL, io=STDOUT)
runner = Test::Unit::UI::Console::TestRunner.new(MySuperSuite, 3, io)
results will be saved in the io stream in a nice format fo each test case.

Answer 3

What about using '-v' (verbose):
ruby test_unit_to_rspec.rb -v
This should show you a lot more information

Answer 4

You can check out another of Nat's posts for a way to capture the results. The short answer to your question is that there is no variable for capturing the results. All you get is:
Loaded suite My Special Tests
Started
..
Finished in 1.000935 seconds.
2 tests, 2 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors
Which is not very helpful if you want to report to someone else what happened. Nat's other post shows how to wrap the Test::Unit in rspec to get a better result and more flexibility.

Answer 5

class Test::Unit::TestCase
def setup
#id = self.class.to_s()
end
def teardown
#test_result = "pass"
if(#_result.failure_count > 0 || #_result.error_count > 0)
#test_result = "fail"
# making sure no errors/failures exist before the next test case runs.
i = 0
while(i < #_result.failures.length) do
#_result.failures.delete_at(i)
i = i + 1
end
while(i < #_result.errors.length) do
#_result.errors.delete_at(i)
i = i + 1
end
#test_result = "fail"
end # if block ended
puts"#{#id}: #{#test_result}"
end # teardown definition ended
end # class Test::Unit::TestCase ended
Example Output :
test1: Pass
test2: fail
so on....