Hooking into execute resources in chefspec

I’m automating some 3rd party code. What I have is something like:

execute ‘refresh’ do
only_if { CONDITION }
end

execute ‘reconfigure’ do
only_if { ::File.exists?(GUARD) }
end

Sometimes refresh creates GUARD. GUARD could also be created by an admin. reconfigure removes GUARD upon success.

I am try to write chefspec tests to cover all the cases:

1) no-existing-guard refresh-creates-gaurd
2) no-existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

3) existing-guard refresh-creates-guard
4) existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

5) no-existing-guard no-refresh
6) exisiting-guard no-refresh

What I want to do is to “hook” into execute[refresh] and conditionally update the ::File.exists? stub to return true.

If I update the stub before the run, I’ve collapsed #1 and #4 into one case.

Is it possible to hook into a resource? I tried :step_into but that did not seem to do the trick. Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe

chefspec does not allow stubbing block style guards, it does allow command
/ string style gurards. If you change the guard to use test -e file (and
from your example, it looks you can) then you use stub_command("test -e
file").and_return(true) or false depending upon your use case

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Joe Nuspl nuspl@nvwls.com wrote:

I’m automating some 3rd party code. What I have is something like:

execute ‘refresh’ do
only_if { CONDITION }
end

execute ‘reconfigure' do
only_if { ::File.exists?(GUARD) }
end

Sometimes refresh creates GUARD. GUARD could also be created by an admin.
reconfigure removes GUARD upon success.

I am try to write chefspec tests to cover all the cases:

  1. no-existing-guard refresh-creates-gaurd

  2. no-existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

  3. existing-guard refresh-creates-guard

  4. existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

  5. no-existing-guard no-refresh

  6. exisiting-guard no-refresh

What I want to do is to “hook” into execute[refresh] and conditionally
update the ::File.exists? stub to return true.

If I update the stub before the run, I’ve collapsed #1 and #4 into one
case.

Is it possible to hook into a resource? I tried :step_into but that did
not seem to do the trick. Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe

Stubbing of block style guards seems to work for me:

before do
allow(File).to receive(:exists?).and_call_original
allow(File).to receive(:exists?).with('/tmp/guard').and_return(true)
end

But that was not this issue I was describing. I was wondering if there was a way to run some code after the runner processed “execute[refresh]” but before “execute[reconfigure]”.

Joe

On Oct 29, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Ranjib Dey dey.ranjib@gmail.com wrote:

chefspec does not allow stubbing block style guards, it does allow command / string style gurards. If you change the guard to use test -e file (and from your example, it looks you can) then you use stub_command("test -e file").and_return(true) or false depending upon your use case

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Joe Nuspl nuspl@nvwls.com wrote:
I’m automating some 3rd party code. What I have is something like:

execute ‘refresh’ do
only_if { CONDITION }
end

execute ‘reconfigure' do
only_if { ::File.exists?(GUARD) }
end

Sometimes refresh creates GUARD. GUARD could also be created by an admin. reconfigure removes GUARD upon success.

I am try to write chefspec tests to cover all the cases:

  1. no-existing-guard refresh-creates-gaurd

  2. no-existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

  3. existing-guard refresh-creates-guard

  4. existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

  5. no-existing-guard no-refresh

  6. exisiting-guard no-refresh

What I want to do is to “hook” into execute[refresh] and conditionally update the ::File.exists? stub to return true.

If I update the stub before the run, I’ve collapsed #1 and #4 into one case.

Is it possible to hook into a resource? I tried :step_into but that did not seem to do the trick. Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe

you can and_return(true, false) to return a sequence of a values...

that doesn't answer your question, but i think that's what you're
trying to do?

On Thu Oct 30 11:16:51 2014, Joe Nuspl wrote:

Stubbing of block style guards seems to work for me:

before do
  allow(File).to receive(:exists?).and_call_original
  allow(File).to receive(:exists?).with('/tmp/guard').and_return(true)
end

But that was not this issue I was describing. I was wondering if
there was a way to run some code after the runner processed
“execute[refresh]” but before “execute[reconfigure]”.

Joe

On Oct 29, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Ranjib Dey <dey.ranjib@gmail.com
mailto:dey.ranjib@gmail.com> wrote:

chefspec does not allow stubbing block style guards, it does allow
command / string style gurards. If you change the guard to use test -e file (and from your example, it looks you can) then you use
stub_command("test -e file").and_return(true) or false depending upon
your use case

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Joe Nuspl <nuspl@nvwls.com
mailto:nuspl@nvwls.com> wrote:

I’m automating some 3rd party code.  What I have is something like:

    execute ‘refresh’ do
      only_if { CONDITION }
    end

    execute ‘reconfigure' do
      only_if { ::File.exists?(GUARD) }
    end


Sometimes refresh creates GUARD.  GUARD could also be created by
an admin. reconfigure removes GUARD upon success.

I am try to write chefspec tests to cover all the cases:

1) no-existing-guard refresh-creates-gaurd
2) no-existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

3) existing-guard refresh-creates-guard
4) existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard
5) no-existing-guard no-refresh
6) exisiting-guard no-refresh

What I want to do is to “hook” into execute[refresh] and
conditionally update the ::File.exists? stub to return true.

If I update the stub before the run, I’ve collapsed #1 and #4
into one case.

Is it possible to hook into a resource?   I tried :step_into but
that did not seem to do the trick.  Any guidance would be
appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe

Thanks! I can use that to emulate the test scenarios.

Joe

On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Lamont Granquist lamont@opscode.com wrote:

you can and_return(true, false) to return a sequence of a values...

ruby on rails - Can RSpec stubbed method return different values in sequence? - Stack Overflow

that doesn't answer your question, but i think that's what you're trying to do?

On Thu Oct 30 11:16:51 2014, Joe Nuspl wrote:

Stubbing of block style guards seems to work for me:

before do
allow(File).to receive(:exists?).and_call_original
allow(File).to receive(:exists?).with('/tmp/guard').and_return(true)
end

But that was not this issue I was describing. I was wondering if
there was a way to run some code after the runner processed
“execute[refresh]” but before “execute[reconfigure]”.

Joe

On Oct 29, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Ranjib Dey <dey.ranjib@gmail.com
mailto:dey.ranjib@gmail.com> wrote:

chefspec does not allow stubbing block style guards, it does allow
command / string style gurards. If you change the guard to use test -e file (and from your example, it looks you can) then you use
stub_command("test -e file").and_return(true) or false depending upon
your use case

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Joe Nuspl <nuspl@nvwls.com
mailto:nuspl@nvwls.com> wrote:

I’m automating some 3rd party code. What I have is something like:

   execute ‘refresh’ do
     only_if { CONDITION }
   end

   execute ‘reconfigure' do
     only_if { ::File.exists?(GUARD) }
   end

Sometimes refresh creates GUARD. GUARD could also be created by
an admin. reconfigure removes GUARD upon success.

I am try to write chefspec tests to cover all the cases:

  1. no-existing-guard refresh-creates-gaurd

  2. no-existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

  3. existing-guard refresh-creates-guard

  4. existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

  5. no-existing-guard no-refresh

  6. exisiting-guard no-refresh

What I want to do is to “hook” into execute[refresh] and
conditionally update the ::File.exists? stub to return true.

If I update the stub before the run, I’ve collapsed #1 and #4
into one case.

Is it possible to hook into a resource? I tried :step_into but
that did not seem to do the trick. Any guidance would be
appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe