I wouldn't try doing this. You risk getting highly coupled test code. I'd rather use a little helper method that does this for you.
Stefan 2007/12/13, Jonathan Linowes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:47 AM, Jonathan Linowes wrote: > > > > > On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:06 AM, Jarkko Laine wrote: > > > >> > >> On 13.12.2007, at 9.00, Jonathan Linowes wrote: > >> > >>> is there a way to stub a method that sets an instance variable, so > >>> the stub sets it too? > >>> > >>> def find_foo > >>> @foo = Foo.find(params[:id] > >>> end > >>> > >>> > >>> ... > >>> controller.stub!(:find_foo).and_assigns(:foo, "123") > >> > >> Why don't you just stub Foo.find? That way the instance var gets > >> assigned automatically. > >> > >> //jarkko > >> > > > > Sorry, perhaps I gave too simplistic an example. > > My question is what if I want to stub the whole find_foo method > > but one of its side effects is it sets @foo > > (rather than stub the internals of find_foo) > > > > > ... and @foo is used by the method that i am testing > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > -- Bekk Open Source http://boss.bekk.no
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