mcritchlow/rdf-spec

RDF.rb plugin that provides RSpec matchers and shared examples for RDF objects.

RSpec Extensions for RDF.rb

This is an RDF.rb extension that provides RDF-specific RSpec matchers and shared examples for Ruby projects that use RDF.rb and RSpec.

• http://github.com/ruby-rdf/rdf-spec

Documentation

• {RDF::Spec}
  • {RDF::Spec::Matchers}

Shared specs are implemented in modules which typically require that an instance be defined in a class variable in a before(:each) block. For example, an class implementing RDF::Countable could test this behavior by defining @countable as an instance variable and including RDF_Countable as follows:

describe RDF::Enumerable do
  before :each do
    # The available reference implementations are `RDF::Repository` and
    # `RDF::Graph`, but a plain Ruby array will do fine as well:
    @enumerable = RDF::Spec.quads.dup.extend(RDF::Enumerable)
  end

  # @see lib/rdf/spec/enumerable.rb in rdf-spec
  include RDF_Enumerable
end

Note that in most cases, if the instance is empty and mutable, the appropriate statements will be added. When testing a non-mutable instance, the data must be pre-loaded.

Dependencies

• RDF.rb (>= 0.3.1)
• RSpec (>= 2.1.0)

Installation

The recommended installation method is via RubyGems. To install the latest official release of the RDF::Spec gem, do:

% [sudo] gem install rdf-spec

Download

To get a local working copy of the development repository, do:

% git clone git://github.com/ruby-rdf/rdf-spec.git

Alternatively, download the latest development version as a tarball as follows:

% wget http://github.com/ruby-rdf/rdf-spec/tarball/master

Authors

• Arto Bendiken - http://ar.to/
• Ben Lavender - http://bhuga.net/
• Gregg Kellogg - http://greggkellogg.net/

Contributors

• John Fieber - http://github.com/jfieber
• Tom Johnson - https://github.com/no-reply

Contributing

• Do your best to adhere to the existing coding conventions and idioms.
• Don't use hard tabs, and don't leave trailing whitespace on any line.
• Do refer to the RubySpec Style Guide for best practices.
• Don't touch the .gemspec or VERSION files. If you need to change them, do so on your private branch only.
• Do feel free to add yourself to the CONTRIBUTORS file and the corresponding list in the the README. Alphabetical order applies.
• Don't touch the AUTHORS file. If your contributions are significant enough, be assured we will eventually add you in there.
• Do note that in order for us to merge any non-trivial changes (as a rule of thumb, additions larger than about 15 lines of code), we need an explicit public domain dedication on record from you.

License

This is free and unencumbered public domain software. For more information, see http://unlicense.org/ or the accompanying {file:UNLICENSE} file.