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Custom interface for Mocha with background function
var mocha = require('./mocha');
var Suite = mocha.Suite
, Test = mocha.Test;
/**
* BDD-style interface:
*
* describe('Array', function(){
* describe('#indexOf()', function(){
* it('should return -1 when not present', function(){
*
* });
*
* it('should return the index when present', function(){
*
* });
* });
* });
*
*/
module.exports = function(suite){
var suites = [suite];
var backgrounds = [ [] ];
suite.on('pre-require', function(context){
/**
* Execute before running tests.
*/
context.before = function(fn){
suites[0].beforeAll(fn);
};
/**
* Execute after running tests.
*/
context.after = function(fn){
suites[0].afterAll(fn);
};
/**
* Execute before each test case.
*/
context.beforeEach = function(fn){
suites[0].beforeEach(fn);
};
/**
* Execute after each test case.
*/
context.afterEach = function(fn){
suites[0].afterEach(fn);
};
/**
* Execute before each child suite.
*/
context.background = function(fn){
backgrounds[0].push(fn);
};
/**
* Describe a "suite" with the given `title`
* and callback `fn` containing nested suites
* and/or tests.
*/
context.describe = function(title, fn){
var suite = Suite.create(suites[0], title);
backgrounds[0].forEach(function(fn_) {
suite.beforeAll(fn_);
});
backgrounds.unshift([]);
suites.unshift(suite);
fn();
suites.shift();
backgrounds.shift();
};
/**
* Describe a specification or test-case
* with the given `title` and callback `fn`
* acting as a thunk.
*/
context.it = function(title, fn){
suites[0].addTest(new Test(title, fn));
};
});
};
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