thx I ended up wrapping the instance variable in a method, which I can then stub also Its cleaner that way anyhow
def current_foo @foo end On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:06 AM, Daniel Tenner wrote: >>> Sorry, perhaps I gave too simplistic an example. >>> > Real code, please? :-) > > Simplified examples only ever result in simplistic suggestions. > > Daniel > > On 13 Dec 2007, at 07:55 13 Dec 2007, Jonathan Linowes wrote: > >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
