Jasmine Test Suite Abstraction

example-test.js

TestSuite.add({
    
    name: "List transformer",
    
    getHtml: function () {
        var html = [];
        
        html.push("<ul class=\"unorderedList\">");
            html.push("<li>A list item</li>");
            html.push("<li>A second list item</li>");
        html.push("</ul>");
        
        html.push("<ol class=\"orderedList\">");
            html.push("<li>A list item</li>");
            html.push("<li>A second list item</li>");
        html.push("</ol>");
        
        return html.join("");
    },
    
    tests: function () {
        
        beforeEach(function () {
            this.$(".unorderedList, .orderedList").transformList();
        });
        
        it("Transforms unordered lists into ordered lists", function () {
            expect(this.$("ol.unorderedList").length).toBe(1);
        });
        
        it("Transforms ordered lists into unordered lists", function () {
            expect(this.$("ul.orderedList").length).toBe(1);
        });
        
    }
    
});

test-runner.js

$.each(TestSuite.suites, function (index, suite) {
    suite.run();
});

test-suite.js

var TestSuite = function (name, html, tests) {
    this.name = name;
    this.html = html;
    this.tests = tests;
};

TestSuite.prototype = {
    
    run: function () {
        
        describe(this.name, function () {
            
            beforeEach(function () {
                this.$el = $("<div></div>").append(this.html);
                this.$el.appendTo("body");
            });
            
            afterEach(function () {
                this.$el.remove();
            });
            
            this.tests.call(this);
            
        });
        
    },
    
    $: function (selector) {
        return $(selector, this.$el);
    }
    
};

TestSuite.suites = [];

TestSuite.add = function (obj) {
    
    var name = obj.name;
    var html = obj.getHtml();
    var tests = obj.tests;
    
    TestSuite.suites.push(new TestSuite(name, html, tests));
};