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folsh/phpunit-dynamic-fixture
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Dynamic setUp to create an appropriate context in your tests

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DynamicFixture
==============

[](#dynamicfixture)

Thanks to annotations, this library allows you to call dynamic/custom "setUp" methods before each one of your test. It eases the understanding of your test because you explicitly set which context/variables you will use. It also can speed up your tests as you only initialize what they need.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

Simply add this to your `composer.json` file:

```
"require": {
    "folsh/phpunit-dynamic-fixture": "dev-master"
}
```

Then run `php composer.phar install`

PhpUnit configuration
---------------------

[](#phpunit-configuration)

To activate the plugin. Add the listener to your phpunit.xml(.dist) file:

```

    ...

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Use the annotation "@setUpContext" to call the specified method(s) just before the test. Of course, you can add as many annotations as you want.

```
class MyTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

    private $name;

    /**
     * Must be public
     */
    public function setUpName()
    {
        $this->name = 'Nicolas';
    }

    public function initContext()
    {
        //...
    }

    /**
     * @setUpContext setUpName
     * @setUpContext initContext
     * @setUpContext ...
     *
     */
    public function testSetUpName()
    {
        //$this->name is "Nicolas"
    }
}
```

Params
------

[](#params)

If you want to add some parameters in your function, add them between brackets. Warning: at this time, you can only add simple types (see exemples) Types accepted:

- string
- json
- array (single level)
- numeric (convert in string !)

```
class MyTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

    private $name1;
    private $name2;
    private $list;

    /**
     * Must be public
     */
    public function setUpNames($name1, $name2)
    {
        $this->name1 = $name1;
        $this->name2 = $name2;
    }

    public function initContext()
    {
        //...
    }

    /**
     * @setUpContext setUpNames("Nicolas", "Cedric")
     */
    public function testSetUpNames()
    {
        //$this->name1 is "Nicolas"
        //$this->name2 is "Cedric"
    }
}
```

```
class MyTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {

    private $list;

    /**
     * Must be public
     */
    public function setUpArray(array $list)
    {
        $this->list = $list;
    }

    public function initContext()
    {
        //...
    }

    /**
     * @setUpContext setUpArray(["Nicolas", "Cedric"])
     */
    public function testSetUpArray()
    {
        //$this->list is array("Nicolas", "Cedric")
    }
}
```

Customize
---------

[](#customize)

If you don't like the name of the annotation, you can change it by passing a new one in the constructor:

```

        myCustomSetUp

```

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