On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Nick Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm calling #stub! and #should_receive on the same method within a class,
> and am finding that the method doesn't return the value given to #stub!
>
> 216 it 'should make a map marker' do
> 217 mock_property = mock 'property',
> 218 :address => '400 Bloor Street',
> 219 :title => 'Some Title',
> 220 :latitude => 12.34,
> 221 :longitude => 56.78,
> 222 :is_a? => true
> 223 mock_marker = mock 'gmarker'
> 224
> 225 RentalMap.stub!(:generate_marker_contents).and_return 'Some
> content'
> 226 GMarker.stub!(:new).and_return mock_marker
> 227 GMarker.should_receive(:new).with \
> 228 [mock_property.latitude, mock_property.longitude],
> 229 {:title => mock_property.title, :info_window =>
> RentalMap.generate_marker_contents(mock_property)}
> 230
> 231 marker = RentalMap.make_marker(mock_property)
> 232 puts "marker is a [#{marker.class}]"
> 233 marker.should equal(mock_marker)
> 234 end
>
> I want to stub GMarker#new to return the mock GMarker on line 223. I also
> want to ensure that GMarker#new is being called once with certain arguments,
> as seen on lines 227-229.
>
> However, this spec fails, and the 'gmarker' variable is nil:
> gmarker is a [NilClass]
> F.
> 1)
> NoMethodError in 'RentalMap#make_marker should make a map marker'
> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
> The error occurred while evaluating nil.a?
> ./spec/models/rental_map_spec.rb:233:
>
> If I comment out lines 227-229, the spec succeeds, and the 'marker' variable
> is the expected mock object:
> marker = [Spec::Mocks::Mock]
>
> With lines 227-229 uncommented, why is the 'gmarker' variable nil?
Do you have the latest code from git? If so this should work as expected.
>
> Thanks!
> Nick
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