Yeah, the Helpers being tested definitely aren't loading Haml in.
Are they just expecting vanilla Strings back from the calls?
-hampton.
On 7/13/07, wolfmanjm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I get...
>
> undefined method `capture' for [Dynamically generated class for RSpec
> example]
>
> >From the spec, what should I require in the spec to get all the HAML
> goodness?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Jul 12, 7:31 pm, Nathan Weizenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > That's really weird. I can't see anywhere that it would be trying to use
> > a Symbol as a String. However, I do know how to get "open" as a string.
> > The trick is that "open" and "puts," like "form_for" and the like, write
> > directly to Haml's output buffer. However, there's a helper that allows
> > you to take something directly written to the buffer and get it as a
> > string, called "capture". It works like so:
> >
> > capture do
> > open :foo, 'bar'
> > end
> >
> > That would return "<foo>\n bar\n</foo>". So you could do "capture {
> > display_flash }.should == ...".
> >
> > Try that and see if it works. If it doesn't, let me know.
> >
> > - Nathan
> >
> > wolfmanjm wrote:
> > > So presuming I can require haml or something and overcome this error,
> > > how would U check the output? Obviously this spec was written
> > > expecting the display_flash helper to return a string (which it used
> > > to do), by using open it now presumably renders directly to the haml
> > > buffer, so how would I retrieve that so I can test it? (Remember this
> > > helper spec runs without using actually using a view).
> >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > > On Jul 11, 10:13 pm, wolfmanjm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> Sure here you go...
> >
> > >> TypeError in 'ApplicationHelper should display flash'
> > >> can't convert Symbol into String
> > >> /home/morris/work/snowdogsrus/rails/snowdogsrus/config/../app/helpers/
> > >> application_helper.rb:15:in `open'
> > >> /home/morris/work/snowdogsrus/rails/snowdogsrus/config/../app/helpers/
> > >> application_helper.rb:15:in `display_flash'
> > >> /home/morris/work/snowdogsrus/rails/snowdogsrus/config/../app/helpers/
> > >> application_helper.rb:13:in `each'
> > >> /home/morris/work/snowdogsrus/rails/snowdogsrus/config/../app/helpers/
> > >> application_helper.rb:13:in `display_flash'
> > >> /home/morris/work/snowdogsrus/rails/snowdogsrus/spec/helpers/
> > >> application_helper_spec.rb:12:
> > >> /home/morris/work/snowdogsrus/rails/snowdogsrus/spec/helpers/
> > >> application_helper_spec.rb:10:in `each'
> > >> /home/morris/work/snowdogsrus/rails/snowdogsrus/spec/helpers/
> > >> application_helper_spec.rb:10:
> >
> > >> # application_helper_spec.rb
> > >> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
> >
> > >> describe ApplicationHelper do
> >
> > >> it "should display flash" do
> > >> for name in [:notice, :warning, :error]
> > >> flash[name]= "flash #{name.to_s} message"
> > >> display_flash.should == "<div class=\"#{name}\">#{flash[name]}</
> > >> div>" # Line 12
> > >> flash[name]= nil
> > >> end
> > >> end
> > >> end
> >
> > >> # application_helper.rb
> >
> > >> def display_flash
> > >> for name in [:notice, :warning, :error]
> > >> if flash[name]
> > >> open :div, flash[name], {:class => name} # Line 15
> > >> end
> > >> end
> > >> nil
> > >> end
> >
> > >> (Note I know this test will not match, but it is meant to fail the
> > >> first time ;)
> > >> However the error has nothing to do with the test, it is because open
> > >> is probably trying to call File::open
> >
> > >> I don't believe HAML is even being loaded for this test.
> >
> > >> On Jul 11, 6:19 pm, Nathan Weizenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >>> Do you have a backtrace I can see? I'm too lazy to do it myself :p. In
> > >>> my defense, it's the hottest day of the year in Seattle...
> >
> > >>> - Nathan
> >
> > >>> wolfmanjm wrote:
> >
> > >>>> I like RSpec as it has the ability to test helpers standalone.
> >
> > >>>> However I have not yet found the magic incantation to get it to work
> > >>>> with a helper that uses open or puts.
> >
> > >>>> I suspect you need to include HAML and setup some context for it to
> > >>>> render to.
> >
> > >>>> Any ideas on how to do that would be appreciated as I had to disable
> > >>>> many of my RSpec helper tests when I started using HAML open.
> >
> > >>>> On Jul 10, 11:46 pm, Moses Hohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>> What's the best way to test helper methods that generate HTML using
> > >>>>> Haml::Helpers#open? I want to test the helper method directly without
> > >>>>> using it in a view.
> >
> > >>>>> thanks, M
>
>
> >
>
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