On Dec 12, 2007 7:09 PM, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got a model Message, which needs to send an email using action
> mailer after it's first saved in the database.
>
> I want to pass the model to the mailer which then uses methods on the
> message model to render the email.
>
> So the natural way to do this is in an after_create callback on the
> Message model.
>
> But I can't see an easy way to test this. Here's my spec
>
> describe Message, "from anyone" do
>
> it "should be sent on save" do
> msg_creation_parms = {
> :subject => "Subj",
> :body => "hi",
> :sender => people(:rick),
> :recipient => people(:john)
> }
>
> SantasMailbox.should_receive(:deliver_secret_santa).with(Message.new(msg_creation_parms))
> Message.create(msg_creation_parms)
> end
>
> end
>
> This fails, but only because the model object has an id and time
> stamps assigned as it's saved.
>
> Spec::Mocks::MockExpectationError in 'Message from anyone should be
> sent on save'
> Mock 'Class' expected :deliver_secret_santa with (#<Message id: nil,
> subject: "Subj", body: "hi", sender_id: 343839476, recipient_id:
> 21341157, message_type: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>) but
> received it with (#<Message id: 1, subject: "Subj", body: "hi",
> sender_id: 343839476, recipient_id: 21341157, message_type: nil,
> created_at: "2007-12-12 21:53:16", updated_at: "2007-12-12 21:53:16">)
>
> I figured I'd through this out to the list for ideas on how best to
> approach this before I go to bed and sleep on it. <G>
>
> --
> Rick DeNatale
>
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I would not mock the call, and would instead just let the mailer do
its thing. You can verify that a message was sent, match the
subject/content, etc. It's very lightweight so there's no reason not
to use it.
Pat
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