On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Scott Taylor
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Jul 25, 2008, at 12:32 AM, Matt Lins wrote:
>
>> I suppose the way I'm defining the stubs, differs from what Dave is
>> doing in his example.
>>
>> I assumed that:
>>
>> MyModel = mock('MyModel Class', :count => 1)
>>
>> was the same as:
>>
>> MyModel.stub!(:count).and_return(1)
>
> Nope. Not even close. Here's an equivalent of the first form:
>
> Object.send :remove_const, :MyModel
> MyModel = <a mock object>
>
> and here's the second form:
>
> MyModel.instance_eval do
> def count
> 1
> end
> end
>
> (or:)
>
> MyModel.class_eval do
> class << self
> def count; 1; end
> end
> end
>
> Scott
>
>
But the stubs are defined the same way in both occurrences, no?
MyModel = mock('MyModel Class', :count => 1)
By passing {:count => 1} to +stubs_and_options+ I should have defined
stubs on the mock object. I'm using it as a shortcut for this:
MyModel = mock('MyModel Class')
MyModel.stub!(:count).and_return(1)
If those example aren't doing the exact same thing I guess I'm a
little baffled (or maybe just need to go to sleep).
>>
>>
>> But, I'm starting to think they are not. I haven't looked at the
>> rSpec internals to verify, other than the parameter name:
>>
>> stubs_and_options+ lets you assign options and stub values
>> at the same time. The only option available is :null_object.
>> Anything else is treated as a stub value.
>>
>> So, is this problem?
>
> Yeah - so here are two related, but not equivalent ideas: mock objects, and
> stubs. A stub is just a faked out method - it can exist on a mock object (a
> completely fake object), or on a partial mock (i.e. a real object, with a
> method faked out). mock('My mock") is a mock object,
> MyRealObject.stub!(:foo) is a real object with the method foo faked out.
>
> What is the difference between a mock object and a fake object? A mock
> object will complain (read: raise an error) any time it receives a message
> which it doesn't understand (i.e. one which hasn't been explicitly stubbed).
> A real object will work as usual. (A null object mock is a special type of
> mock - one which never complains. For now, you shouldn't worry about it).
>
Ok, I get what you saying, but as I understand it I am explicitly
stubbing out the methods on the _mock_ object and it's still
complaining. If +stubs_and_options+ isn't stubbing, then what is it
doing?
> Hope this helps,
>
> Scott
>
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