has_content? and has_text? can handle regexp as well

closes #740

lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ module Capybara
         normalized_content = normalize_whitespace(content)
 
         synchronize do
-          normalize_whitespace(text).include?(normalized_content) or
+          normalize_whitespace(text).match(escape_regexp(normalized_content)) or
           raise ExpectationNotMet
         end
         return true
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ module Capybara
         normalized_content = normalize_whitespace(content)
 
         synchronize do
-          !normalize_whitespace(text).include?(normalized_content) or
+          !normalize_whitespace(text).match(escape_regexp(normalized_content)) or
           raise ExpectationNotMet
         end
         return true
@@ -436,7 +436,19 @@ module Capybara
       # @return [String]         Normalized text
       #
       def normalize_whitespace(text)
-        text.gsub(/\s+/, ' ').strip
+        text.is_a?(Regexp) ? text : text.gsub(/\s+/, ' ').strip
+      end
+
+      ##
+      #
+      # Escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regexp
+      # if text is not a regexp
+      #
+      # @param [String] text Text to escape
+      # @return [String]     Escaped text
+      #
+      def escape_regexp(text)
+        text.is_a?(Regexp) ? text : Regexp.escape(text)
       end
     end
   end

lib/capybara/spec/session/has_text_spec.rb

@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ shared_examples_for 'has_text' do
       @session.visit('/with_html')
       @session.should_not have_text('Inside element with hidden ancestor')
     end
+
+    it "should be true if the text in the page matches given regexp" do
+      @session.visit('/with_html')
+      @session.should have_text(/Lorem/)
+    end
+
+    it "should be false if the text in the page doesn't match given regexp" do
+      @session.visit('/with_html')
+      @session.should_not have_text(/xxxxyzzz/)
+    end
+
+    it "should escape any characters that would have special meaning in a regexp" do
+      @session.visit('/with_html')
+      @session.should_not have_text('.orem')
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#has_no_text?' do
@@ -134,5 +149,20 @@ shared_examples_for 'has_text' do
       @session.visit('/with_html')
       @session.should have_no_text('Inside element with hidden ancestor')
     end
+
+    it "should be true if the text in the page doesn't match given regexp" do
+      @session.visit('/with_html')
+      @session.should have_no_text(/xxxxyzzz/)
+    end
+
+    it "should be false if the text in the page  matches given regexp" do
+      @session.visit('/with_html')
+      @session.should_not have_no_text(/Lorem/)
+    end
+
+    it "should escape any characters that would have special meaning in a regexp" do
+      @session.visit('/with_html')
+      @session.should have_no_text('.orem')
+    end
   end
 end

spec/rspec/matchers_spec.rb

@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ describe Capybara::RSpecMatchers do
           "<h1>Text</h1>".should have_content('Text')
         end
 
+        it "passes if has_content? returns true using regexp" do
+          "<h1>Text</h1>".should have_content(/ext/)
+        end
+
         it "fails if has_content? returns false" do
           expect do
             "<h1>Text</h1>".should have_content('No such Text')
@@ -243,6 +247,10 @@ describe Capybara::RSpecMatchers do
           "<h1>Text</h1>".should_not have_content('No such Text')
         end
 
+        it "passes because escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regexp" do
+          "<h1>Text</h1>".should_not have_content('.')
+        end
+
         it "fails if has_no_content? returns false" do
           expect do
             "<h1>Text</h1>".should_not have_content('Text')
@@ -261,6 +269,10 @@ describe Capybara::RSpecMatchers do
           page.should have_content('This is a test')
         end
 
+        it "passes if has_content? returns true using regexp" do
+          page.should have_content(/test/)
+        end
+
         it "fails if has_content? returns false" do
           expect do
             page.should have_content('No such Text')
@@ -303,6 +315,10 @@ describe Capybara::RSpecMatchers do
           "<h1>Text</h1>".should have_text('Text')
         end
 
+        it "passes if has_text? returns true using regexp" do
+          "<h1>Text</h1>".should have_text(/ext/)
+        end
+
         it "fails if has_text? returns false" do
           expect do
             "<h1>Text</h1>".should have_text('No such Text')
@@ -315,6 +331,10 @@ describe Capybara::RSpecMatchers do
           "<h1>Text</h1>".should_not have_text('No such Text')
         end
 
+        it "passes because escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regexp" do
+          "<h1>Text</h1>".should_not have_text('.')
+        end
+
         it "fails if has_no_text? returns false" do
           expect do
             "<h1>Text</h1>".should_not have_text('Text')
@@ -333,6 +353,10 @@ describe Capybara::RSpecMatchers do
           page.should have_text('This is a test')
         end
 
+        it "passes if has_text? returns true using regexp" do
+          page.should have_text(/test/)
+        end
+
         it "fails if has_text? returns false" do
           expect do
             page.should have_text('No such Text')