Method: Inspec::Rule#describe

Defined in:
lib/inspec/rule.rb

#describe(*values, &block) ⇒ nil|DescribeBase

Describe will add one or more tests to this control. There is 2 ways of calling it:

describe resource do ... end

or

describe.one do ... end

Parameters:

  • Resource (any) —

    to be describe, string, or nil

  • An (Proc) —

    optional block containing tests for the described resource

Returns:

  • (nil|DescribeBase) —

    if called without arguments, returns DescribeBase



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# File 'lib/inspec/rule.rb', line 159

def describe(*values, &block)
  if values.empty? && !block_given?
    dsl = self.class.ancestors[1]
    Class.new(DescribeBase) do
      include dsl
    end.new(method(:__add_check))
  else
    __add_check("describe", values, with_dsl(block))
  end
end