On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Matt Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have what I thought was quite a simple requirement but something to do
> with the way ActiveRecord's associations work is making it quite puzzling.
> I guess I can sum it up with this failing test:
> before(:each) do
> @source_comment = @source.comments.create(:user_id => 1)
> @target_comment = @target.comments.create(:user_id => 1)
> end
>
> it "should return the same object from create() as from the array"
> do
> (@target_comment.equal?(@target.comments[0])).should be_true
>
> do_merge
>
> end
> What I actually want to be able to do, is mock a method call on the
> @target_comment but I'm finding that I get unreliable results:
> @target.comments[0].should_receive(:merge_in) # works
> # @target_comment.should_receive(:merge_in) # doesn't work
>
> The code I'm testing is using self.comments.each() to access the object it's
> going to call merge_in() on - the one I want to mock.
> Any tips here folks?
> Someone here has suggested that what I really need to do is express my mock
> like... (commence pseudo code)
> Comment.should_receive_instance_method(:merge_in).with(...).on_an_object_matching{|o|
> o.id = @target_comment.id}
> (/pseudo code)
>
> Has anyone else come across similar issues? How did you approach them?
Here's the basic deal:
Model.find(1).equal?(Model.find(1))
=> false
AR does not cache objects, so when you ask it for what you *think*
might the same object twice, you get different ones.
mocha offers an 'any_instance' method, which gives you basically what
you are describing with should_receive_instance_method, but rspec does
not yet have a counterpart in its mocking library.
I can tell you how I handle this, but let me say that this is a less
than perfect way to handle a less than perfect situation so it's
difficult for me to say "this is a recommended approach." That said
...
@target_comment = stub_model(Target)
@target.stub!(:comments).and_return([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HTH,
David
> cheers,
> Matt
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