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The unit test function, responsible for performing one or more Test Assertions...

 

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The scope of unit test functions is manipulated before a test runs, so you cannot reference variables defined in the function's scope chain (closures will not work either).

If you want to reference variables external to the Unit Test function, pass them in via a settings object defined in the associated Test() invocation (see Example section below).

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function([settingsRefdataRef]) {
	// code and assertions
}

Parameters

ParameterTypeMandatoryNotesAPI Version
settingsRefdataRefVariant(error)

You can use the first formal parameter of the function to get a custom-named reference to the settings testData associated with the unit test.

Note: The test settings will always be available via the testSettings testData variable (see Notes section below for details).

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Return value

The return value is not processed.

Notes

Within the unit test, the following variables and properties are available:

Any other modeThis variable is defined by Test API and is thus safer to use within tests than the equivalent global defined by Util API settings settings moduleSettings Same as testSettings below. settings
Property / VariableTypeTest.APPEND( ) modeNotesAPI Version
_globalObject

A reference to the global object (not scope).

The _global var was added to allow Test API to run independently of Util API. If you don't have Util API installed, you can use _global to get the same effect as global.

1.0
modulePathStringThe modulePath that the test is running in – see Test.module() for more information.1.1
moduleSettingsmoduleData

Object

Undefined

The

data associated with the modulePath, if specified in the Module Lifecycle Object.

If the module doesn't have

any data,

moduleData will have a value of undefined.

1.1
this.settingsdataVariant

The settings associated with For tests of mode Test.APPEND( ) this will be the testData for the Test.ASYNCH( ) that initiated the current asynchronous test session.

For all other test modes, it will be the testData for the current test – same value as testData variable below...

1.0
testSettingstestDataVariant

The

data associated with the current unit test, if applicable.

Will have a value of undefined if no testData was defined when the unit test was created.

1.0
testNameStringThe name of the current unit test.1.0
testModeObject

An object describing the mode in which the test is being run – for more information see Test API - Dev Notes.

1.0
currentTestObjectA reference to the context of the current test, useful for .call and .apply, etc.1.0

Example

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// Define some test data for our unit test
var data = {bar: "fish"};
 
// The test data is passed in as 3rd parameter of the Test() function
// and is accessible via the testData variable
Test("Foo", Test.ANY( ), function() {
	comment( "My first unit test!" );
	// inIn here, 'data' is undefined as the function is re-scoped
	// to the unit test instance it's running within
	equal( "fish", data.bar, "testSettingsdata.bar == 'fish'?" ); // fail error: data not defined
	equal( "fish", testSettingstestData.bar, "testSettingstestData.bar == 'fish'?" ); // pass
}, data); // <-- test data passed in here
 
// ifIf you wanted to access the settingstestData via a custom named variable,
// specify it's name as the first parameter to the unit test function...
Test("Foo2", Test.ANY( ), function(data) { // <-- custom reference to testData
	comment( "My second unit test!" );
	// nowNow you can access testSettingstestData via 'data' parameter
	equal( "fish", data.bar, "data.bar == 'fish'" ); // pass
	// testSettings Note that testData variable will still be defined...
    equal( "fish", testSettingstestData.bar, "testSettingstestData.bar == 'fish'" ); // pass
}, data);
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