Detect Rspec test failure on after each method

Question

I am trying to run an RSpec test, and I want to detect if the test failed in the after method. I have something like this right now:

after(:each         


        

Answer 1

EDIT: this answer is only valid for RSpec 2. for RSpec 3 see geekazoid's answer.

The after each block runs in the context of class which exposes example and you can detect failures by checking the exception method on example thusly:

after(:each) do
  if example.exception != nil
    # Failure only code goes here
  end
end