I can’t count the number of times I’ve worked on Rails apps where I’m using Factory Girl and want to declare a factory with multiple parents. We’ve all been there, don’t lie.
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
name "Friendly User"
factory :admin do
admin true
end
factory :male_user do
gender "Male"
name "John Doe"
factory :male_admin_user do
admin true
end
factory :teenage_male_user do
date_of_birth { 15.years.ago }
factory :teenage_admin_male_user do
admin true
end
end
end
factory :female_user do
gender "Female"
name "Jane Doe"
factory :female_admin_user do
admin true
end
factory :teenage_female_user do
date_of_birth { 15.years.ago }
factory :teenage_admin_female_user do
admin true
end
end
end
end
end
Oh, the duplication! This isn’t DRY.
Factory Girl 2.0.4 introduces traits. I’ll cut to the chase:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
name "Friendly User"
trait :admin do
admin true
end
trait :male do
gender "Male"
name "John Doe"
end
trait :female do
gender "Female"
name "Jane Doe"
end
trait :teenager do
date_of_birth { 15.years.ago }
end
factory :male_user, :traits => [:male]
factory :female_user, :traits => [:female]
factory :teenage_male_user, :traits => [:teenager, :male]
factory :teenage_female_user, :traits => [:teenager, :female]
factory :male_admin_user, :traits => [:admin, :male]
factory :female_admin_user, :traits => [:admin, :female]
factory :teenage_admin_male_user, :traits => [:teenager, :admin, :male]
factory :teenage_admin_female_user, :traits => [:teenager, :admin, :female]
end
end
Mix and match however you please. Bonus: you can assign traits like plain-old attributes.
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
name "Friendly User"
trait :admin do
admin true
end
trait :male do
gender "Male"
name "John Doe"
end
factory :male_admin_user do
male
admin
end
end
end
Many props go out to Thomas Walpole, who helped get a lot of this written; thanks Thomas!
So go ahead, get your trait on; you’ll thank me later.