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describe

RSpec latest stable (1.3.1) - 0 notes - Class: Spec::DSL::Main

describe(*args, &block) public

Creates and returns a class that includes the ExampleGroupMethods module. Which ExampleGroup type is created depends on the directory of the file calling this method. For example, Spec::Rails will use different classes for specs living in spec/models, spec/helpers, spec/views and spec/controllers.

It is also possible to override autodiscovery of the example group type with an options Hash as the last argument:

  describe "name", :type => :something_special do ...

The reason for using different example group classes is to have different matcher methods available from within the describe block.

See Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory#register for details about how to register special implementations.

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# File lib/spec/dsl/main.rb, line 24
      def describe(*args, &block)
        raise Spec::Example::NoDescriptionError.new("example group", caller(0)[1]) if args.empty?
        add_options(args, :scope => self)
        set_location(args.options, caller(0)[1])
        Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.create_example_group(*args, &block)
      end

describe

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