How to reuse beforeEach/afterEach in Jasmine JS?
When writing tests with JasmineJS I have many tests that have similar beforeEach/afterEach code.
Is there a way to implement an inheritance model using JasmineJS test suites?
I can group all tests in a single describe
but in this case I will end with a single HUGE JS file containing all tests.
I would like to split the tests for each page.
Here is an example:
describe('Services Page', function() {
beforeEach(function() {
login_as_admin()
})
beforeEach(function() {
browser().navigateTo('/services')
})
if('Some test for services page', function() {})
afterEach(function() {
logout()
})
})
describe('Administrators Page', function() {
beforeEach(function() {
login_as_admin()
})
beforeEach(function() {
browser().navigateTo('/administrators')
})
if('Some test for administrators page', function() {})
afterEach(function() {
logout()
})
})
I think this is partially examined in this blog post and also answered here but i'm adding an adapted answer for your example:
Reusable code:
function sharedSetup(startPage) {
beforeEach(function() {
login_as_admin();
browser().navigateTo(startPage);
});
afterEach(function() {
logout();
});
};
How to use it:
describe('Services Page', function() {
sharedSetup('/services');
it('Some test for services page', function() {});
});
describe('Administrators Page', function() {
sharedSetup('/administrators');
it('Some test for administrators page', function() {});
});
If you want to do this for all your suites, you can register a beforeEach
or afterEach
function in the topSuite
:
jasmine.getEnv().topSuite().beforeEach({fn: function() {
//log in as admin
}});
If you only want to apply it on some suites, you can work with sub-suites:
describe("as_admin", function() {
beforeEach(function() {
//log in as admin
});
describe('Services Page',function() {...});
describe('Administrators Page',function() {...});
}