Intellij does not recognize dynamic strings

[edeesis]

When defining a test name (in my case we're using DescribeSpec), we're unable to run the blocks with dynamic strings, causing us to have to run the entire test class.

class Test : DescribeSpec({
  describe(123.toString()) {
    it("test") {
      "str" shouldBe "str"
    }
  }
})

You lose gutter icons as well. You still have it on it test level but if you try to use that one, it'll not find the test.

[Kantis]

I don't think there's much we can do about this. How would this case work, for instance?

class Test : DescribeSpec({
  describe(Random.nextLong().toString()) {
    it("test") {
      "str" shouldBe "str"
    }
  }
})

The gutter icons generate a run configuration with a test-filter matching the name of the test.. I the name of the test is not a String literal, we can't know for sure what it'll be.

[sksamuel]

Yep, nothing we can do here. The best we could do is add a warning / highlight that says "dynamic test names cannot be run automatically" ?

[edeesis]

What if the string was a const in an object definition? Not sure if that changes anything.

[edeesis]

If it helps, my use case is to put function references directly in the describe blocks for refactor-safety:

describe(LineItemFinder::all.name) {

Could the describe function take a function reference?

[sksamuel]

It could work with anything that is statically resolvable in the PSI representation that Intellij uses.

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