Hello everyone, I'd like to make one of my `Descri...

# kotest

[Xavier F. Gouchet]

Hello everyone, I'd like to make one of my DescribeSpec test enabledIf. This documentation page only mentions this with FreeSpec styled tests. I can't find what the syntax would be with a describe or it method.

"should do something".config(enabledIf = { … }) {
  // test here
}

[Xavier F. Gouchet]

Looking at the source code, it feels like it's not possible:

fun describe(name: String, test: suspend DescribeSpecContainerScope.() -> Unit) {
      addContainer(
         TestName("Describe: ", name, false),
         disabled = false,
         null // <-- this should be where the enabled is passed 
      ) { DescribeSpecContainerScope(this).test() }
   }

[dave08]

Is there really any difference between that enabledIf and just surrounding the piece with an if(...) {...} block 🤔?

[Xavier F. Gouchet]

Well, in the result not really, but it makes the test class less readable

[dave08]

It looks like this is what you're looking for: https://kotest.io/docs/framework/testcaseconfig.html

[dave08]

At least it seems implemented for should(...).config(...) { } and test(...).. I don't see why it wouldn't be for describe.

[Xavier F. Gouchet]

Oh great, thanks a lot @dave08, this is exactly what I was looking for 🙂