AMD Support

If you are using an AMD implementation like require.js then the default Spec Runner Template will not work for you. We have provided an alternate template that should work with require.js. To use that template just set the value of the specRunnerTemplate parameter to REQUIRE_JS.

Here is an example configuration:

<plugin>
  <groupId>com.github.searls</groupId>
  <artifactId>jasmine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.2<version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <goals>
        <goal>test</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <configuration>
    <specRunnerTemplate>REQUIRE_JS</specRunnerTemplate>
    <preloadSources>
      <source>lib/require.js</source>
    </preloadSources>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

This template expects that you will wrap all of your specs in a define call so that they can be loaded as modules and in turn load any dependencies needed. So for example, if you had the follow module to be tested:

// example.js
define(function() {
  return {
    hello : function(name) {
      return "hello " + name;
    };
  };
});

Then the spec would look like this:

// example.spec.js
define("example", function(example) {
  describe("example.hello", function() {
    it("should return 'hello jim'", function() {
      expect(example.hello("jim")).toBe("hello jim");
    });
  });
});

More Examples

We use a couple of example projects for testing the AMD support. You may find it helpful to look at them as well: * jasmine-webapp-amd-support * jasmine-webapp-advanced-requirejs

Alternatives

Not everyone is going to like wrapping all of their specs in define calls. The fact is there are many different ways to use Jasmine with Require.js. So the built-in template is really only there to provide you a simple way to get started. If you are looking for a different approach, I suggest reading up on writing a custom runner template in our Spec Runner Templates guide.

For instance, say you would prefer to use testr.js to load your modules into your specs. Here is an example custom runner template that would do just that:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$sourceEncoding$">
  <title>Jasmine Spec Runner</title>
  $cssDependencies$
  $javascriptDependencies$
  $preloadScriptTags$
</head>
<body>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    if(window.location.href.indexOf("ManualSpecRunner.html") !== -1) {
      document.body.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Warning: opening this HTML file directly from the file system is deprecated. You should instead try running `mvn jasmine:bdd` from the command line, and then visit `http://localhost:8234` in your browser. "))
    }
    var sources = $sourcesList$;
    var sourceDir = '$sourceDir$';

    // remove sourceDir and .js extension from each source
    for (var i=0; i < sources.length; i++) {
      sources[i] = sources[i].replace(sourceDir+'/','').replace(/\.js\$/,'');
    }

    $if(customRunnerConfiguration)$
    $customRunnerConfiguration$
    $else$
      require.config({
        baseUrl: sourceDir
      });

      testr.config({
        specBaseUrl: '$specDir$',
        autoLoad: true
      });
    $endif$

    require(sources, function() {
      var currentWindowOnload = window.onload;

      window.onload = function() {
        if (currentWindowOnload) {
          currentWindowOnload();
        }
        execJasmine();
      };

      function execJasmine() {
        window.reporter = new jasmine.$reporter$(); jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(reporter);
        jasmine.getEnv().execute();
      }
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

The configuration for the template would just look something like this:

<plugin>
  <groupId>com.github.searls</groupId>
  <artifactId>jasmine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.2<version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <goals>
        <goal>test</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <configuration>
    <preloadSources>
        <source>lib/require.js</source>
        <source>lib/testr.js</source>
      </preloadSources>
    <customRunnerTemplate>src/test/config/testr_runner.htmltemplate</customRunnerTemplate>
  </configuration>
</plugin>