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Class: Jasmine

Jasmine(options)

Configures, builds, and executes a Jasmine test suite

Constructor

new Jasmine(options)

Parameters:
Name Type Description
options JasmineOptions | undefined
Example
const Jasmine = require('jasmine');
const jasmine = new Jasmine();

Members

(readonly) env :Env

The Jasmine environment.

Type:
  • Env
See:

exitOnCompletion :boolean

Whether to cause the Node process to exit when the suite finishes executing.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • true

Methods

addHelperFile(filePath)

Adds a helper file to the list that will be loaded when the suite is executed.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
filePath string

The path to the file to be loaded.

addMatchers(matchers)

Add custom matchers for the current scope of specs.

Note: This is only callable from within a beforeEach, it, or beforeAll.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
matchers Object

Keys from this object will be the new matcher names.

See:

addMatchingHelperFiles(patterns)

Adds files that match the specified patterns to the list of helper files.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
patterns Array.<string>

An array of helper file paths or globs that match helper files. Each path or glob will be evaluated relative to the spec directory.

addMatchingSpecFiles(patterns)

Adds files that match the specified patterns to the list of spec files.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
patterns Array.<string>

An array of spec file paths or globs that match spec files. Each path or glob will be evaluated relative to the spec directory.

addReporter(reporter)

Add a custom reporter to the Jasmine environment.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
reporter Reporter

The reporter to add

See:

addSpecFile(filePath)

Adds a spec file to the list that will be loaded when the suite is executed.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
filePath string

The path to the file to be loaded.

clearReporters()

Clears all registered reporters.

configureDefaultReporter(options)

Configures the default reporter that is installed if no other reporter is specified.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
options ConsoleReporterOptions

coreVersion() → {string}

Returns:

The version of jasmine-core in use

Type
string

execute(filesopt, filterStringopt) → {Promise.<JasmineDoneInfo>}

Runs the test suite.

Note: Set exitOnCompletion to false if you intend to use the returned promise. Otherwise, the Node process will ordinarily exit before the promise is settled.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
files Array.<string> <optional>

Spec files to run instead of the previously configured set

filterString string <optional>

Regex used to filter specs. If specified, only specs with matching full names will be run.

Returns:

Promise that is resolved when the suite completes.

Type
Promise.<JasmineDoneInfo>

loadConfig(config)

Loads configuration from the specified object.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
config Configuration

loadConfigFile(configFilePathopt)

Loads configuration from the specified file. The file can be a JSON file or any JS file that's loadable via require and provides a Jasmine config as its default export.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
configFilePath string <optional>
spec/support/jasmine.json
Returns:

Promise

provideFallbackReporter(reporter)

Provide a fallback reporter if no other reporters have been specified.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
reporter

The fallback reporter

See:

randomizeTests(value)

Sets whether to randomize the order of specs.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
value boolean

Whether to randomize

seed(seed)

Sets the random seed.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
seed number

The random seed

showColors(value)

Sets whether to show colors in the console reporter.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
value boolean

Whether to show colors

stopOnSpecFailure(value)

Sets whether to stop execution of the suite after the first spec failure.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
value boolean

Whether to stop execution of the suite after the first spec failure

stopSpecOnExpectationFailure(value)

Sets whether to cause specs to only have one expectation failure.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
value boolean

Whether to cause specs to only have one expectation failure