module RSpec::Core::Subject::ClassMethods

end
its(:count) { should eq(2) }
its(:keys) { should include(:max_users) }
# You can still access to its regular methods this way:

its(['admin']) { should eq(:all_permissions) }
its([:max_users]) { should eq(3) }

end
'admin' => :all_permissions }
{ :max_users => 3,
subject do
describe "a configuration Hash" do

specifying a +Symbol+ or +String+ in an array.
When the subject is a +Hash+, you can refer to the Hash keys by

end
its("phone_numbers.first") { should eq("555-1212") }

end
end
person.phone_numbers << "555-1212"
Person.new.tap do |person|
subject do
describe Person do

onto the subject in an expression.
with dots, the result is as though you concatenated that +String+
The attribute can be a +Symbol+ or a +String+. Given a +String+

end
end
end
subject.size.should eq(0)
it "should eq(0)" do
describe "size" do
describe Array do
# ... generates the same runtime structure as this:

end
its(:size) { should eq(0) }
describe Array do
# This ...

and then generates an example using the submitted block.
Creates a nested example group named by the submitted +attribute+,

def its(attribute, &block)
  describe(attribute) do
    example do
      self.class.class_eval do
        define_method(:subject) do
          @_subject ||= if attribute.is_a?(Array)
                          super()[*attribute]
                        else
                          attribute.to_s.split('.').inject(super()) do |target, method|
                            target.send(method)
                          end
                        end
        end
      end
      instance_eval(&block)
    end
  end
end