Spectacular
@ngworker/spectacular
Spectacular Angular integration testing.
Spectacular offers test harnesses for Angular applications and libraries.
Compatibility
Required peer dependencies:
- Angular >=16.0
- RxJS >=6.5 <7.0 or >=7.4
- TypeScript >=4.9
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Application testing
Spectacular's application testing API configures the Angular testing module and bootstraps a component while ensuring that all application-level hooks are run.
The application test harness is used to test configuration Angular modules, bootstrap listeners, and application initializers.
Public API
| Export name | Kind | Description |
|---|---|---|
createApplicationHarness | Factory for SpectacularApplicationHarness | Bootstrap a Spectacular application with the specified metadata. Useful to test configuration Angular modules, bootstrap listeners, and application initializers. |
CreateApplicationHarnessOptions | Options for createApplicationHarness | Application harness options. |
SpectacularApplicationHarness | Interface | A harness for testing application-level software artifacts. |
Feature testing
Spectacular's feature testing API configures the Angular testing module and sets up a test harness for a routed Angular feature module. It contains a few companion services that wrap Angular's built-in navigation services, but adjusted to the Angular feature module under test.
The feature test harness is used to test routed feature modules and shell modules.
Public API
| Export name | Kind | Description |
|---|---|---|
createFeatureHarness | Factory for SpectacularFeatureHarness | Configure provideSpectacularFeatureTesting, bootstrap SpectacularAppComponent and navigate to the default feature route. |
CreateFeatureHarnessOptions | Options for createFeatureHarness | Feature harness options. |
provideSpectacularFeatureTesting | Provider factory | Configure SpectacularFeatureLocation and SpectacularFeatureRouter |
ProvideSpectacularFeatureTestingOptions | Options for provideSpectacularFeatureTesting | Spectacular feature testing options. |
SpectacularFeatureHarness | Interface | A harness for testing an Angular feature module. |
SpectacularFeatureLocation | Service | A subset of Angular's Location service adjusted to the Angular feature module under test. |
SpectacularFeatureRouter | Service | A subset of Angular's Router service adjusted to the Angular feature module under test. |
withInitialFeatureNavigation | Feature provider | Enables initial feature navigation. |
Pipe testing
Spectacular's pipe testing API configures the Angular testing module and sets up a host component for the Angular pipe under test.
Public API
| Export name | Kind | Description |
|---|---|---|
createPipeHarness | SpectacularPipeHarness factory | Set up a host component for the Angular pipe under test. |
CreatePipeHarnessOptions | Options for createPipeHarness | Angular pipe harness options. |
SpectacularPipeHarness | Interface | A harness for testing an Angular pipe. |
Shared
Test utilities used by Spectacular's other APIs.
Public API
| Export name | Kind | Description |
|---|---|---|
SpectacularAppComponent | Bootstrapped component | The root component which is bootstrapped for a Spectacular test. |
spectacularAppTag | String | The tag name of SpectacularAppComponents DOM element. |