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# Rule testers
stylelint rules require *a lot* of tests. So we've built a specialized stylelint rule testing format to speed up the mass production of consistent, effective rule tests.
There is a schema for describing tests, and a function for creating "rule testers" that interpret that schema using a test framework (e.g. tape or Mocha).
When developing plugins, you can use the following rule testers or create your own.
- stylelint-test-rule-tape
- stylelint-test-rule-mocha
- stylelint-test-rule-ava
## Using a rule tester
To use the rule tester of your choice, do the following:
```js
// `testRule` = the imported rule tester
testRule(rule, testGroupDescription)
```
`rule` is just the rule that you are testing (a function).
`testGroupDescription` is an object fitting the following schema.
### The test group schema
Each test group object describes a set of test-cases for a certain rule with a certain configuration.
Required properties:
- `ruleName` {string}: The name of the rule. Used in generated test-case descriptions.
- `config` {any}: The rule's configuration for this test group. Should match the rule configuration format you'd use in `.stylelintrc`.
- `accept` {array}: An array of objects describing test cases that *should not violate the rule*. Each object has these properties:
- `code` {string}: The source CSS to check.
- `description` {string}: *Optional.* A description of the case.
- `only` {boolean}: If `true`, run only this test case.
- `reject` {array}: An array of objects describing test cases that *should violate the rule once*. Each object has these properties:
- `code` {string}: The source CSS to check.
- `message` {string}: The message of the expected violation.
- `line` {number}: *Optional but recommended.* The expected line number of the violation. If this is left out, the line won't be checked.
- `column` {number}: *Optional but recommended.* The expected column number of the violation. If this is left out, the column won't be checked.
- `description` {string}: *Optional.* A description of the case.
- `only` {boolean}: If `true`, run only this test case.
Optional properties:
- `syntax` {"css"|"less"|"scss"|"sugarss"}: Defaults to `"css"`. Other settings use special parsers.
- `skipBasicChecks` {boolean}: Defaults to `false`. If `true`, a few rudimentary checks (that should almost always be included) will not be performed. You can check those out in `lib/testUtils/basicChecks.js`.
- `preceedingPlugins` {array}: An array of PostCSS plugins that should be run before the CSS is tested.
## Creating a rule tester
stylelint itself exposes a means of creating rule testers with just about any testing framework.
```js
var testRule = stylelint.createRuleTester(equalityCheck)
```
Pass in an `equalityCheck` function. Given some information, this checker should use whatever test runner you like to perform equality checks.
The `equalityCheck` function should accept two arguments:
- `processCss` {Promise}: A Promise that resolves with an array of comparisons that you need to check (documented below).
- `context` {object}: An object that contains additional information you may need:
- `caseDescription` {string}: A description of the test case as whole. It will end up printing like something this:
```bash
> rule: value-list-comma-space-before
> config: "always-single-line"
> code: "a { background-size: 0 ,0;\n}"
```
- `comparisonCount` {number}: The number of comparisons that will need to be performed (e.g. useful for tape).
- `completeAssertionDescription` {string}: While each individual comparison may have its own description, this is a description of the whole assertion (e.g. useful for Mocha).
- `only` {boolean}: If `true`, the test runner should only run this test case (e.g. `test.only` in tape, `describe.only` in Mocha).
`processCss` is a Promise that resolves with an array of comparisons. Each comparison has the following properties:
- `actual` {any}: Some actual value.
- `expected` {any}: Some expected value.
- `description` {string}: A (possibly empty) description of the comparison.
Within the `equalityCheck` function, you need to ensure that you do the following:
- Set up the test case.
- When `processCss` resolves, loop through every comparison.
- For each comparison, make an assertion checking that `actual === expected`.
A `testRule` function (as described above) is returned.