Class: Kookaburra::MentalModel

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/kookaburra/mental_model.rb

Overview

Each instance of Kookaburra has its own instance of MentalModel. This object is used to maintain a shared understanding of the application state between your APIDriver and your UIDriver. You can access the various test data collections in your test implementations via #get_data.

The mental model is not intended to represent a copy of all of the data within your application. Rather it is meant to represent the mental image of the data that a user of your application might have while working with your system. Certainly you can store whatever you want in it, but thinking about it in these terms can help you design better, more robust tests.

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Collection

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ MentalModel

Returns a new instance of MentalModel.



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# File 'lib/kookaburra/mental_model.rb', line 16

def initialize
  @data = {}
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(name, *args) ⇒ Object

MentalModel instances will respond to any message that has an arity of 0 by returning either a new or existing Collection having the name of the method.



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# File 'lib/kookaburra/mental_model.rb', line 23

def method_missing(name, *args)
  return super unless args.empty?
  @data[name] ||= Collection.new(name)
end

Instance Method Details

#respond_to?(_) ⇒ Boolean

MentalModel instances respond to everything.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

See Also:



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# File 'lib/kookaburra/mental_model.rb', line 31

def respond_to?(_)
  true
end