Say I want to write ten tests for different aspects of a web service point.

Apart from the risk of relying on an external service,��

I'd like to poll the web service once rather than ten times.

I wondering about the feasibility of memorizing data between test methods.

Taking for example...

�� �� ��TestCase subclass: #MyTest ...

My understanding is that MyTest >> setUp is run once per test method.

What I guess is missing is a #groupSetup that would be called at the start of a running a group of tests.

MyTest >> groupSetup

�� �� memorized := Dictionary new.

MyTest >> getLiveDataOncePerRun

�� �� ^ memorized at: 'data' ifAbsentPut: [ZnClient new get: 'http://someservice.com/liveData1'.

MyTest >> test1

�� �� |data|

�� �� data�� := self�� getLiveDataOncePerRun�� .

�� �� self assert: data result1 equals: 'expected result 1'

MyTest >> test2

�� �� |data|

�� �� data�� := self�� getLiveDataOncePerRun.

�� �� self assert: data result2 equals: 'expected result 2'

cheers -ben