[chef] Hooking into execute resources in chefspec

[Joe Nuspl < >]

I’m automating some 3rd party code.  What I have is something like:

execute ‘refresh’ do

  only_if { CONDITION }

end

execute ‘reconfigure' do

  only_if { ::File.exists?(GUARD) }

end

Sometimes refresh creates GUARD.  GUARD could also be created by an admin. reconfigure removes GUARD upon success.

I am try to write chefspec tests to cover all the cases:

1) no-existing-guard refresh-creates-gaurd

2) no-existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

3) existing-guard refresh-creates-guard

4) existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard

5) no-existing-guard no-refresh

6) exisiting-guard no-refresh

What I want to do is to “hook” into execute[refresh] and conditionally update the ::File.exists? stub to return true.

If I update the stub before the run, I’ve collapsed #1 and #4 into one case.

Is it possible to hook into a resource?   I tried :step_into but that did not seem to do the trick.  Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe