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Reputation: 9159

Spock MissingMethodException

I have something that looks like the similar specification:

def "my spec"(Record record) {
    given: 
        Something something = getSomething()
    and: 
        otherThing = getOtherThing()

    doFlow(something, record)
    if (record.someType = Types.SOME_SPECIFIC_TYPE) {
        doFlow(something, record)
    } 
}

def doFlow(Something something, Record record) {
    when:
         //code
    then:
         //asserts

    when:
         //code
    and: 
         //mode code
    then:
         //code
}

However, at runtime, I get: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method doFlow() is applicable for arguments Something, Record values: [given values].

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1528

Answers (1)

Peter Niederwieser
Peter Niederwieser

Reputation: 123890

Both "my flow" and "doFlow" are feature methods as they have blocks such as given, when, and then. It's Spock's responsibility to invoke feature methods, and one feature method cannot call another one. If doFlow is meant to be a helper method, it should use explicit assert statements, and shouldn't have any blocks.

PS: Feature methods can't declare method parameters unless they are data-driven (i.e. have a where block).

PPS: A feature method can't just have a given/and block. (You'll get a compile error for this.)

Upvotes: 6

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