rspec

There are times when we would like reference the SharedExampleGroup's not in the global context, but within the context of its ExampleGroup.

Here is a toy example:

describe User do
  describe "when male" do
    describe "goes out on the town", :shared => true do
      it "calls bar buddies" do
      end

      describe "when straight" do
        it "hits on women" do
        end
      end

      describe "when gay" do
        it "hits on men" do
        end
      end

      it "ends up in drunken stupor on some street drain" do
      end
    end

    describe "when a good boy" do
      it "leads a boring life" do
      end

      describe "when influenced by bad boys" do
        it_should_behave_like "goes out on the town"
      end
    end

    describe "when a bad boy" do
      it_should_behave_like "goes out on the town"
    end
  end

  describe "when female" do
    describe "goes out on the town", :shared => true do
      it "dresses up in new dress" do
      end

      describe "when straight" do
        it "hits on men" do
        end
      end

      describe "when gay" do
        it "hits on women" do
        end
      end

      it "happily goes home happy" do
      end
    end

    describe "when a good girl" do
      it "leads a boring life" do
      end

      describe "when influenced by bad girls" do
        it_should_behave_like "goes out on the town"
      end
    end

    describe "when a bad girl" do
      it_should_behave_like "goes out on the town"
    end
  end
end

The output looks like:

User
  when male
    when a good boy
      leads a boring life
      when influenced by bad boys
        calls bar buddies
        when straight
          hits on women
        when gay
          hits on men
        ends up in drunken stupor on some street drain
    when a bad boy
      calls bar buddies
      when straight
        hits on women
      when gay
        hits on men
      ends up in drunken stupor on some street drain
  when female
    when a good girl
      leads a boring life
      when influenced by bad girls
        dresses up in new dress
        when straight
          hits on men
        when gay
          hits on women
        happily goes home happy
    when a bad girl
      dresses up in new dress
      when straight
        hits on men
      when gay
        hits on women
      happily goes home happy