my_env.rb

gistfile1.txt

# Again, the text() method wouldn't give me what I wanted, so I came up with this to get at it (and to remove any
# whitespace either side of it).
# Used like:
#   find( "//a[@id = 'messages']" ).should contain_text( "Review Your Messages" )


class ContainText
  
  def initialize( text )
    @text = text
  end
  
  def matches?( node )
    @node_text = node.text.strip
    return true if @node_text.blank? && @text.blank?
    @node_text == @text
  end
  
  def failure_message
    "The node should have contained the text #{ @text.inspect }, but instead got #{ @node_text.inspect }."
  end
  
  def negative_failure_message
    "The node should not have contained the text #{ text.inspect }, but did in #{ @node_text.inspect }."
  end
  
end

def contain_text( text )
  ContainText.new( text )
end