On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Craig Jolicoeur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>First off - should_receive *is* a test - why would you write a test in
> the setup?
>
> Not sure what you mean by that. I'm not writing a test in the setup
> routine.
should_receive is an expectation which could pass or fail. I think
that's what Scott meant by writing a test in setup (before(:each)).
It's something you generally want to avoid because it makes it more
difficult to understand failures if they're not right in the actual
code examples.
> Also, I'm not setting an expectation on a method call. should
> render_file is in the right place.
You're not *now*, but you could.
>
> On Sep 5, 11:48 pm, Scott Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> On Sep 5, 2008, at 10:18 PM, Craig P Jolicoeur wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > I'm having some trouble trying to spec some methods in my Rails
>> > application controller.
>>
>> > I'm new to rspec converting over from straight test::unit.
>>
>> > Here is the method in my application.rb controller that I'm trying
>> > to spec
>>
>> > def render_403
>> > logger.debug "Returned 403: #{request.request_uri}"
>> > render :file => "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/403.html", :status => '403'
>> > end
>>
>> > Here is my *current* spec
>>
>> > describe "handling render 403" do
>>
>> > before(:each) do
>>
>> > controller.request.should_receive(:request_uri).and_return('response
>> > request_uri')
>> > end
>>
>> First off - should_receive *is* a test - why would you write a test in
>> the setup?
>>
>>
>>
>> > it "should render the 403 error page" do
>> > controller.render_403
>> > response.should render_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/403.html")
>> > end
>>
>> Two issues with this test:
>>
>> 1. Normally, if you are going to write a test checking that a method
>> is called on an object (should_receive), you'd write that assertion
>> before you perform any action. For example:
>>
>> an_object.should_receive(:a_method_call)
>> an_object.a_method_call
>>
>> would pass
>>
>> but
>>
>> an_object.a_method_call
>> an_object.should_receive(:a_method_call)
>>
>> would fail
>>
>> 2. Usually, you make a request in controller specs, like
>> "get :render_404". See the controller docs on the rspec site.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> Scott
>>
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