[rspec-devel] Meta specifications or spec. helpers available?

[Evgeny]

Greetings All,

Is there some way that I could do this :

module UserSpecHelper
  def required_valid_user_attributes
    { :login => 'monika',
      :email => 'monika at levinski.com',
      :password => 'kinky',
      :password_confirmation => 'kinky',
      :gender => 'f',
      :name => 'Monika Levinski'
    }
  end
end

context "A user (in general)" do
  include UserSpecHelper

  setup do
    @user = User.new
  end

  required_valid_user_attributes.keys.each do |attribute|
    self.class_eval <<-EOT
    specify "should be invalid without #{attribute}" do
      @user.attributes = required_valid_user_attributes.except(#{attribute})
      @user.should_not_be_valid
      @user.errors.on(#{attribute}).should == 'is require'
      @user.#{attribute} = required_valid_user_attributes[attribute.to_sym]
      @user.should_be_valid
    end
    EOT
  end
end



Because typing the same 7 lines 6 or more times does not look very DRY to me
...

Or is there some way to write "specify" helpers or something?



Regards,

Evgeny
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