On Jan 11, 2008, at 7:31 AM, Scott Taylor wrote:
>
> On Jan 10, 2008, at 8:27 PM, James Deville wrote:
>
>> We have a custom implementation of the Mother Object idea. It's
>> inside
>> of a module, basically like this:
>>
>> module Factory
>> %w(account friendship person invitation message asset email_address
>> birth).each do |klass|
>> eval <<-EOF
>> def self.create_#{klass}(attributes = {})
>> default_attributes = valid_#{klass}_attributes
>> #{klass.camelize}.create!
>> default_attributes.merge(attributes)
>> end
>> EOF
>> end
>>
>> def valid_message_attributes(options = {})
>> {
>> #some message options
>> }
>> end
>>
>> #more valid_x_attributes methods
>> end
>>
>> When I require this file in a spec file, Factory.create_person works
>> fine. When I try to do it in a step file, Factory.create_person is
>> defined, but it fails because valid_person_attributes is missing. If
>> I'm in a debugger, and I do require 'model_factory' followed by
>> Factory.create_person, same deal.
>>
>> Do we have a blank slate being loaded somewhere, and why is it wiping
>> out require files?
>
> Actually, though, I think John D. Hume is right (and this is a
> current bug with FixtureReplacement, as well): your valid_* methods
> are not class methods, but instance methods.
>
> I bet the reason that it has worked in the past is because rspec does
> funny things with Module#include, and without having the time to look
> at the source, I'd bet that rspec ends up delegating to the class
> level (but story runner doesn't) - giving you the appearance that
> your software works, but in fact is just taking advantage of rspec's
> implementation.
>
> Prove me wrong, if you can.
>
> Best,
>
> Scott
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I'll probably just try to prove you right
James Deville
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