Implicit FakeApplication context for a Play 2.0 Specification

gistfile1.scala

package examples

import org.specs2._
import specification._
import FakeApplication._

/**
 * This Specification shows how to declare only once the FakeApplication context in which all the examples
 * must be executed
 */
class PlaySpec extends mutable.Specification {
  // all the examples will be executed in this FakeApplication context
  implicit val application = RunAround(FakeApplication())

  "Computer model" should {
    "be retrieved by id" in {
      val Some(macintosh) = Computer.findById(21)
      macintosh.name must equalTo("Macintosh")
    }
  }
}

// This could be added to the Play 2.0 testing library
import execute._
case class RunAround(app: FakeApplication) extends Around {
  def around[R <% Result](r: =>R) = running(app)(r)
}

/**
 * Support class for compilation
 */
object Computer {
  def findById(id: Int): Option[Computer] = Some(Computer("Macintosh"))
}

case class Computer(name: String = "name")

case class FakeApplication()
object FakeApplication {
  def running[R <% Result](app: FakeApplication)(r: =>R) = r
}