On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Patrick J. Collins
<patr...@collinatorstudios.com> wrote:
> I have a model with an observer that emails out upon creation, and I
> want to do some testing of emails that get generated via various
> actions... So I was hoping I could do:
>
> # spec_helper.rb
>
> config.before(:each) do
> ActionMailer::base.deliveries.clear
> end
>
> # my_phat_observer_spec.rb
>
> let!(:yo_momma) { create_yo_momma }
>
> describe "after_update" do
> it "sends an email when it knows your daddy" do
> expect { yo_momma.update_attribute(:daddy => create_daddy) }.to
> change(ActionMailer::Base, :deliveries).by(1)
> end
> end
>
> ...
>
>
> However, inside that example group, ActionMailer::Base.deliveries is
> populated from the create_yo_momma
> method-- before the expectation is even declared.
>
> Is there a way to make a config.before(:each) that actually runs as the
> *LAST* before callback prior to the actual example group?
let! adds a before hook and before hooks get run in the order they're
declared, so just declare them in the other order:
let!(:yo_momma) { create_yo_momma }
config.before(:each) do
ActionMailer::base.deliveries.clear
end
HTH,
David
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