Hey Ignacy,
I think I'm in the minority on this one, but I tend to keep my action
logic independent of filters. Doing that, my typical controller spec
begins like this:
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper')
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helpers/
controller_behaviors')
describe SomeController do
stub_all_filters!
describe ...
...
end
The method "stub_all_filters!" is a custom rolled, per project
maintained, rspec hack that rips through Rails's internal methods to
find the filters on a controller and creates a "before do ... end"
that stubs each filter to "true" [1]
I still use before filters because it's a good fit for many plugins
such as ssl_requirement and authentication. However 1) I don't
explicitly split up controller action behavior into filters and 2) the
controller actions can depend on the filters indirectly by consuming
methods like "self.current_user"
I know you're maintaining prior-written code, but I thought this would
be relevant. I hope this helps more than it confuses.
[1] - http://gist.github.com/142047
On Jul 1, 2009, at 4:18 AM, Ignacy Moryc wrote:
Hi,
I'm working on a legacy app - it was created in 1.2.5 then over time
ported to 2.3. It has absolutely no tests - and I'm trying to fix that
in between adding new functionality.
My problem right now is that my ApplicationController is running
before_filters for setting different request variables (like current
location, etc.) and this messes up my tests - I can't test responses
properly (they are all redirects because ApplicationController derives
from SiteController which actions implement setting variables). What's
worse I can't test assigns hash - it doesn't get proper values
assigned.
Is there a way for RSpec to skip the filters in tests? Or to stop
ApplicationController to derive from SiteController?
Thanks,
Ignacy
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Zach Moazeni
http://simplechatter.com
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