How can I reset a factory_girl sequence?

Provided that I have a project factory

Factory.define :project do |p|
  p.sequence(:title)    { |n| "project #{n} title"                  }
  p.sequence(:subtitle) { |n| "project #{n} subtitle"               }
  p.sequence(:image)    { |n| "../images/content/projects/#{n}.jpg" }
  p.sequence(:date)     { |n| n.weeks.ago.to_date                   }
end

And that I'm creating instances of project

Factory.build :project
Factory.build :project

By this time, the next time I execute Factory.build(:project) I'll receive an instance of Project with a title set to "project 3 title" and so on. Not sur开发者_StackOverflow社区prising.

Now say that I wish to reset my counter within this scope. Something like:

Factory.build :project #=> Project 3
Factory.reset :project #=> project factory counter gets reseted
Factory.build :project #=> A new instance of project 1

What would be the best way to achieve this?

I'm currently using the following versions:

factory_girl (1.3.1) factory_girl_rails (1.0)

Just call FactoryGirl.reload in your before/after callback. This is defined in the FactoryGirl codebase as:

module FactoryGirl
  def self.reload
    self.factories.clear
    self.sequences.clear
    self.traits.clear
    self.find_definitions
  end
end

Calling FactoryGirl.sequences.clear is not sufficient for some reason. Doing a full reload might have some overhead, but when I tried with/without the callback, my tests took around 30 seconds to run either way. Therefore the overhead is not enough to impact my workflow.

After tracing my way through the source code, I have finally come up with a solution for this. If you're using factory_girl 1.3.2 (which was the latest release at the time I am writing this), you can add the following code to the top of your factories.rb file:

class Factory  
  def self.reset_sequences
    Factory.factories.each do |name, factory|
      factory.sequences.each do |name, sequence|
        sequence.reset
      end
    end
  end
  
  def sequences
    @sequences
  end
  
  def sequence(name, &block)
    s = Sequence.new(&block)
    
    @sequences ||= {}
    @sequences[name] = s
    
    add_attribute(name) { s.next }
  end
  
  def reset_sequence(name)
    @sequences[name].reset
  end
  
  class Sequence
    def reset
      @value = 0
    end
  end
end

Then, in Cucumber's env.rb, simply add:

After do
  Factory.reset_sequences
end

I'd assume if you run into the same problem in your rspec tests, you could use rspecs after :each method.

At the moment, this approach only takes into consideration sequences defined within a factory, such as:

Factory.define :specialty do |f|
  f.sequence(:title) { |n| "Test Specialty #{n}"}
  f.sequence(:permalink) { |n| "permalink#{n}" }
end

I have not yet written the code to handle: Factory.sequence...

For googling people: without further extending, just do FactoryGirl.reload

FactoryGirl.create :user
#=> User id: 1, name: "user_1"
FactoryGirl.create :user
#=> User id: 2, name: "user_2"

DatabaseCleaner.clean_with :truncation #wiping out database with truncation
FactoryGirl.reload

FactoryGirl.create :user
#=> User id: 1, name: "user_1"

works for me on

* factory_girl (4.3.0)
* factory_girl_rails (4.3.0)

https://stackoverflow.com/a/16048658

There is a class method called sequence_by_name to fetch a sequence by name, and then you can call rewind and it'll reset to 1.

FactoryBot.sequence_by_name(:order).rewind

Or if you want to reset all.

FactoryBot.rewind_sequences

Here is the link to the file on github

According to ThoughBot Here, the need to reset the sequence between tests is an anti-pattern.

To summerize:

If you have something like this:

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :category do
    sequence(:name) {|n| "Category #{n}" }
  end
end

Your tests should look like this:

Scenario: Create a post under a category
   Given a category exists with a name of "My Category"
   And I am signed in as an admin
   When I go to create a new post
   And I select "My Category" from "Categories"
   And I press "Create"
   And I go to view all posts
   Then I should see a post with the category "My Category"

Not This:

Scenario: Create a post under a category
  Given a category exists
  And I am signed in as an admin
  When I go to create a new post
  And I select "Category 1" from "Categories"
  And I press "Create"
  And I go to view all posts
  Then I should see a post with the category "Category 1"

Had to ensure sequences are going from 1 to 8 and restart to 1 and so on. Implemented like this:

class FGCustomSequence
  def initialize(max)
    @marker, @max = 1, max
  end
  def next
    @marker = (@marker >= @max ? 1 : (@marker + 1))
  end
  def peek
    @marker.to_s
  end
end

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :image do
    sequence(:picture, FGCustomSequence.new(8)) { |n| "image#{n.to_s}.png" }
  end
end

The doc says "The value just needs to support the #next method." But to keep you CustomSequence object going through it needs to support #peek method too. Lastly I don't know how long this will work because it kind of hack into FactoryGirl internals, when they make a change this may fail to work properly

There's no built in way to reset a sequence, see the source code here:

http://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/blob/master/lib/factory_girl/sequence.rb

However, some people have hacked/monkey-patched this feature in. Here's an example:

http://www.pmamediagroup.com/2009/05/smarter-sequencing-in-factory-girl/

To reset particular sequence you can try

# spec/factories/schedule_positions.rb
FactoryGirl.define do
  sequence :position do |n| 
    n
  end

  factory :schedule_position do
    position
    position_date Date.today
    ...
  end
end

# spec/models/schedule_position.rb
require 'spec_helper'

describe SchedulePosition do
  describe "Reposition" do
    before(:each) do
      nullify_position
      FactoryGirl.create_list(:schedule_position, 10)
    end
  end

  protected

  def nullify_position
    position = FactoryGirl.sequences.find(:position)
    position.instance_variable_set :@value, FactoryGirl::Sequence::EnumeratorAdapter.new(1)
  end
end

If you are using Cucumber you can add this to a step definition:

Given(/^I reload FactoryGirl/) do
  FactoryGirl.reload
end

Then just call it when needed.