Reuse rstest
's parametrized cases
This crate give a way to define a tests set and apply them to every case you need to
test. With rstest
crate you can define a tests list but if you want to apply the same tests
to another test function you must rewrite all cases or write some macros that do the job.
Both solutions have some drawbreak:
- rewrite create duplication
- macros makes code harder to read and shift out the focus from tests core
The aim of this crate is solve this problem. rstest_resuse
expose two attributes:
#[template]
: to define a template#[apply]
: to apply a defined template to create tests
Here is a simple example:
use rstest;
use ;
// Here we define the template. This define
// * The test list name to `two_simple_cases`
// * cases: here two cases that feed the `a`, `b` values
// Here we apply the `two_simple_cases` template: That is expanded in
// #[template]
// #[rstest(a, b,
// case(2, 2),
// case(4/2, 2),
// )
// ]
// fn it_works(a: u32, b: u32) {
// assert!(a == b);
// }
// Here we reuse the `two_simple_cases` template to create two
// other tests
If we run cargo test
we have:
Finished test [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.05s
Running target/debug/deps/playground-8a1212f8b5eb00ce
running 4 tests
test it_fail::case_1 ... FAILED
test it_works::case_1 ... ok
test it_works::case_2 ... ok
test it_fail::case_2 ... FAILED
failures:
---- it_fail::case_1 stdout ----
-------------- TEST START --------------
thread 'it_fail::case_1' panicked at 'assertion failed: a != b', src/main.rs:34:5
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
---- it_fail::case_2 stdout ----
-------------- TEST START --------------
thread 'it_fail::case_2' panicked at 'assertion failed: a != b', src/main.rs:34:5
failures:
it_fail::case_1
it_fail::case_2
test result: FAILED. 2 passed; 2 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out
error: test failed, to rerun pass '--bin playground'
Simple and neat!
Cavelets
use rstest_resuse
at the top of your crate
You should add use rstest_resuse
at the top of your crate:
use rstest_reuse;
This is due rstest_reuse::template
define a macro that need to call a rstest_resuse
's macro.
I hope to remove this in the future but for now we should live with it.
Note that
use *;
is not enougth: this statment doesn't include rstest_reuse
but just its public items.
Define template
before apply
it
template
attribute define a macro that apply
will use. Macro in rust are expanded in
a single depth-first, lexical-order traversal of a crate’s source, that means the template
definition should be allways before the apply
.
Tag modules with #[macro_use]
If you define a template
in a module and you want to use it outside the module you should lift it by mark the module with the #[macro_use]
attribute. This attribute make your template
visibe outside this module but not at the upper level. When a template
is defined you can use it in all submodules that follow the definition.
If you plan to spread your templates in some modules and you use a dirrerent name for each template consider to add the global attribute !#[macro_use]
at crate level: this put all your templates available everywhere: you should just take care that a template
should be defined before the apply
call.
Disclamer
This crate is in developer stage. I don't know if I'll include it in rstest
or changing some syntax in
the future.
I did't test it in a lot of cases: if you have some cases where it doesn't works file a ticket on rstest
License
Licensed under either of
-
Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or license-apache-link)
-
MIT license LICENSE-MIT or license-MIT-link at your option.