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- loadFixtures(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- appendLoadFixtures(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- readFixtures(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- setFixtures(html)
- appendSetFixtures(html)

` javascript
var fixture = setFixtures('

- sandbox([{attributeName: value[, attributeName: value, ...]}])

It creates an empty DIV element with a default id="sandbox". If a hash of attributes is provided, they will be set for this DIV tag. If a hash of attributes contains id attribute it will override the default value. Custom attributes can also be set. So e.g.:

sandbox()

Will return:

And:

sandbox({
id: 'my-id',
class: 'my-class',
myattr: 'my-attr'
})

Will return:

Sandbox method is useful if you want to quickly create simple fixtures in your tests without polluting them with HTML strings:

setFixtures(sandbox({class: 'my-class'}))
$('#sandbox').myTestedClassRemoverPlugin()
expect($('#sandbox')).not.toHaveClass('my-class')

This method also has a global short cut available:

- sandbox([{attributeName: value[, attributeName: value, ...]}])

Additionally, two clean up methods are provided:

- clearCache()
- purges Fixture module internal cache (you should need it only in very special cases; typically, if you need to use it, it may indicate a smell in your test code)
- cleanUp()
- cleans-up fixtures container (this is done automatically between tests by Fixtures module, so there is no need to ever invoke this manually, unless you're testing a really fancy special case and need to clean-up fixtures in the middle of your test)

These two methods do not have global short cut functions.

Style Fixtures

The StyleFixtures module is pretty much like the Fixtures module, but it allows you to load CSS content on the page while testing. It may be useful if your tests expect that certain css rules are applied to elements that you are testing. The overall workflow is typically the same:

In _mycssfixture.css_ file:

.elem { position: absolute }

Inside your test:

loadStyleFixtures('mycssfixture.css')
$('#my-fixture').myTestedPlugin()
expect($('#my-fixture .elem')).toHaveCss({left: "300px"})

Notice that if you haven't applied the position: absolute rule to the .elem and try to test its left position in some browsers (e.g. GoogleChrome) you will allways get the value auto even if your plugin did everything correct and applied positioning. So that's why you might need to load style fixtures. In Firefox though you will get the correct value even without the position: absolute.

By default, style fixtures are loaded from spec/javascripts/fixtures. You can configure this path: jasmine.getStyleFixtures().fixturesPath = 'my/new/path';.

Like in Fixtures module, StyleFixtures are also automatically cleaned-up between tests and are internally cached, so you can load the same fixture file in several tests without penalty to your test suite's speed.

To invoke fixture related methods, obtain StyleFixtures singleton through a factory and invoke a method on it:

jasmine.getStyleFixtures().load(...)

There are also global short cut functions available for the most used methods, so the above example can be rewritten to just:

loadStyleFixtures(...)

Several methods for loading fixtures are provided:

- load(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- Loads fixture(s) from one or more files and automatically appends them to the DOM into the HEAD element. This method will remove all existing fixtures loaded previously, if any.
- appendLoad(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- Same as load, but it won't remove fixtures you added earlier.
- set(css)
- Doesn't load fixture from file, but instead gets it directly as a parameter (e.g. set('body {background: red}')). Automatically appends style to the DOM. It is useful if your css fixture is too simple to keep it in an external file. This method will remove all existing fixtures loaded previously, if any.
- appendSet(css)
- Same as set, but it won't remove fixtures you added earlier.
- preload(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- Pre-loads fixture(s) from one or more files and stores them into cache, without returning them or appending them to the DOM. All subsequent calls to load methods will then get fixtures content from cache, without making any AJAX calls (unless cache is manually purged by using clearCache method).

All of above methods have matching global short cuts:

- loadStyleFixtures(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- appendLoadStyleFixtures(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- setStyleFixtures(css)
- appendSetStyleFixtures(css)

Additionally, two clean up methods are provided:

- clearCache()
- purges StyleFixture module internal cache (you should need it only in very special cases; typically, if you need to use it, it may indicate a smell in your test code)
- cleanUp()
- cleans-up all existing style fixtures (this is done automatically between tests, so there is no need to ever invoke this manually, unless you're testing a really fancy special case and need to clean-up fixtures in the middle of your test)

These two methods do not have global short cut functions.

JSON Fixtures

The JSONFixtures modules allows you to load JSON data from file (instead of putting huge blocks of data in the spec files).

In _myjsonfixture.json_ file:

{"property1":"value1", "array1":[1,2,3]}

Inside your test:

var data = getJSONFixture('myjsonfixture.json')
// or load and get the JSON two-step
var fixtures = loadJSONFixtures('myjsonfixture.json')
var data = fixtures['myjsonfixture.json']

expect(myDataManipulator.processData(test_data)).to...)

By default, fixtures are loaded from spec/javascripts/fixtures/json. You can configure this path: jasmine.getJSONFixtures().fixturesPath = 'my/new/path';.

Your fixture data is loaded into an object stashed by the JSONFixtures structure. You fetch the data using the filename as the key. This allows you to load multiple chunks of test data in a spec.

Because a deep copy of Javascript objects can be a little tricky, this module will refetch data each time you call load. If you modify the data within a spec, you must call load or loadJSONFixtures again to repopulate the data.

To invoke fixture related methods, obtain Fixtures singleton through a factory and invoke a method on it:

jasmine.getJSONFixtures().load(...)

There are also global short cut functions available for the most used methods, so the above example can be rewritten to just:

loadJSONFixtures(...)

Several methods for loading fixtures are provided:

- load(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])
- Loads fixture(s) from one or more files and automatically adds them to the fixture list. This method returns the entire set of fixtures keyed by their filename.

All of above methods have matching global short cuts:

- loadJSONFixtures(fixtureUrl[, fixtureUrl, ...])

- getJSONFixture(fixtureUrl)
- After you've loaded fixture files, this global helper will retrieve the fixture data given the fixtureUrl

Event Spies

Spying on jQuery events can be done with spyOnEvent and
expect(eventName).toHaveBeenTriggeredOn(selector) or
expect(spyEvent).toHaveBeenTriggered() . First, spy on the event:

var spyEvent = spyOnEvent('#some_element', 'click')
$('#some_element').click()
expect('click').toHaveBeenTriggeredOn('#some_element')
expect(spyEvent).toHaveBeenTriggered()

You can reset spy events

var spyEvent = spyOnEvent('#some_element', 'click')
$('#some_element').click()
expect('click').toHaveBeenTriggeredOn('#some_element')
expect(spyEvent).toHaveBeenTriggered()
// reset spy events
spyEvent.reset()
expect('click').not.toHaveBeenTriggeredOn('#some_element')
expect(spyEvent).not.toHaveBeenTriggered()

You can similarly check if triggered event was prevented:

var spyEvent = spyOnEvent('#some_element', 'click')
$('#some_element').click(function (event){event.preventDefault();})
$('#some_element').click()
expect('click').toHaveBeenPreventedOn('#some_element')
expect(spyEvent).toHaveBeenPrevented()

You can also check if the triggered event was stopped:

var spyEvent = spyOnEvent('#some_element', 'click')
$('#some_element').click(function (event){event.stopPropagation();})
$('#some_element').click()
expect('click').toHaveBeenStoppedOn('#some_element')
expect(spyEvent).toHaveBeenStopped()

Much thanks to Luiz Fernando Ribeiro for his
article on Jasmine event spies.

Dependencies

jasmine-jquery v2.0.0+ is to be used with jasmine v2.0.0+. jasmine-jquery v1.7.0 is to be used with jasmine < v2.0.0.

jasmine-jquery is tested with jQuery 2.0 on IE, FF, Chrome, and Safari. There is a high chance it will work with older versions and other browsers as well, but I don't typically run test suite against them when adding new features.

Cross domain policy problems under Chrome

Newer versions of Chrome don't allow file:// URIs read other file:// URIs. In effect, jasmine-jquery cannot properly load fixtures under some versions of Chrome. An override for this is to run Chrome with a switch --allow-file-access-from-files. (https://github.com/velesin/jasmine-jquery/issues/4). Quit open Chromes before running Chrome with that switch. (https://github.com/velesin/jasmine-jquery/issues/179).

Under Windows 7, you have to launch C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome[ SxS]\Application\chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files

Mocking with jasmine-ajax

jasmine-ajax library doesn't let user to manually start / stop XMLHttpRequest mocking, but instead it overrides XMLHttpRequest automatically when loaded. This breaks jasmine-jquery fixtures as fixture loading mechanism uses jQuery.ajax, that stops to function the very moment jasmine-ajax is loaded. A workaround for this may be to invoke jasmine-jquery preloadFixtures function (specifying all required fixtures) before jasmine-ajax is loaded. This way subsequent calls to loadFixtures or readFixtures` methods will get fixtures content from cache, without need to use jQuery.ajax and thus will work correctly even after jasmine-ajax is loaded.

Testing with Javascript Test Driver

When using jstd and the jasmine adapter you will need to include jasmine-jquery.js after your jasmine-jstd-adapter files, otherwise jasmine-jquery matchers will not be available when tests are executed. Check out this issue for a thorough configuration example too.

Maintainer

Travis Jeffery: Twitter, GitHub.

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