org.jnario.runner
Interface SpecCreator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSpecCreator, SimpleSpecCreator

public interface SpecCreator

A factory for creating features or specs together with their subjects. It can be used to customize the creation of a specification to use, for example, to use a dependency injection container or a mocking framework. Implementations should override AbstractSpecCreator.

Author:

Sebastian Benz - Initial contribution and API

Method Summary

void	afterSpecRun() Callback that is called after the spec is executed.
void	beforeSpecRun() Callback that is called before the spec is executed.
<T> T	createSpec(Class<T> klass) Creates a spec or feature instance.
<T> T	createSubject(Class<T> klass) Creates the subject of a spec.

Method Detail

createSpec

<T> T createSpec(Class<T> klass)

Creates a spec or feature instance. For example, given the following spec:

 describe Greeter{
   fact subject.sayHello() => "Hello World"
 }
 

the parameter klass will be the generated {@code GreeterSpec} class and this method should return an instance of {@code GreeterSpec}.

Parameters:

klass - the spec type

Returns:

a new instance of the spec

createSubject

<T> T createSubject(Class<T> klass)

Creates the subject of a spec. For example, given the following spec:

 describe Greeter{
   fact subject.sayHello() => "Hello World"
 }
 

the parameter klass will be the subject's class {@code Greeter} and this method should return an instance of {@code Greeter}.

Parameters:

klass - the subject type

Returns:

a new instance of the subject

beforeSpecRun

void beforeSpecRun()

Callback that is called before the spec is executed.

afterSpecRun

void afterSpecRun()

Callback that is called after the spec is executed.