BeforeWeirdnessSpec.scala

package examples
import org.specs2.mutable.Specification
import org.specs2.specification.{Before, Scope}

class BeforeWeirdnessSpec extends Specification {
  "Before" should {
    "execute before the example with a object" in context1 {
      1 must_== 1
    }
    
    "execute before the example with a trait" in new context2 {
      1 must_== 1
    }
  }

  object context1 extends Before {
    def before = {
      println("BEFORE (in context1)...")
      ()
    }
  }
  
  trait context2 extends Scope with Before {
    def before = {
      println("BEFORE (in context2)...")
      ()
    }
  }
}

output

[info] == examples.BeforeWeirdnessSpec ==
BEFORE (in context1)...
[info] Before should
[info] + execute before the example with a object
[info] + execute before the example with a trait
[info]  
[info]  
[info] Total for specification BeforeWeirdnessSpec
[info] Finished in 177 ms
[info] 2 examples, 0 failure, 0 error
[info]  
[info] == examples.BeforeWeirdnessSpec ==