Question is, would you duplicate the specs for all the classes that include a certain module (through shared behaviour for example), or would you use one set of specs for just the module, and specify that a class should include that module?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Pat Maddox <<a href="mailto:pergesu@gmail.com">pergesu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Chuck Remes <<a href="mailto:cremes.devlist@mac.com">cremes.devlist@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> While practicing BDD on my first-ever BDD project, I have come to a<br>
> point where it makes sense to change my original class to an abstract<br>
> class and create one (or more) concrete subclasses that implement a<br>
> specific method. What is the right way to restructure the tests in<br>
> this scenario? Do I leave the existing tests in place and just create<br>
> a new spec file that instantiates and tests the concrete subclass?<br>
><br>
> I think I can continue to instantiate my "abstract" parent as long as<br>
> I don't go near the behavior that will be defined by the concrete<br>
> subclasses. Is that the right thing to do?<br>
><br>
> Thanks for any hints.<br>
><br>
> cr<br>
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</div></div>I think that shared example groups might be useful.<br>
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