"Joey Geiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm running into an issue while trying to test the execution of some
> external applications called from inside my models.
>
> class OmssaPacker
> def self.run_omssa_aws2ez2_unix(parameters)
> system("perl /pipeline/vipdac/lib/omssa_aws2ez2_unix.pl #{parameters}")
> end
> end
>
> ..spec code...
> describe "run omssa aws2ez2 unix" do
> it "should run the perl file" do
>
> Kernel.should_receive(:system).with(/omssa_aws2ez2_unix\.pl/).and_return(true)
> OmssaPacker.run_omssa_aws2ez2_unix("file").should be_true
> end
> end
> ...spec code...
>
> Returns:
> should run the perl file
> Mock 'Module' expected :system with (/omssa_aws2ez2_unix\.pl/) once,
> but received it 0 times
>
> And it also actually attempts to run the perl script, since I can see
> the output in the window. If I change the code to:
>
> def self.run_omssa_aws2ez2_unix(parameters)
> %x{ perl /pipeline/vipdac/lib/omssa_aws2ez2_unix.pl #{parameters} }
> end
>
> ...spec code...
> describe "run omssa aws2ez2 unix" do
> it "should run the perl file" do
>
> Kernel.should_receive(:`).with(/omssa_aws2ez2_unix\.pl/).and_return(true)
> OmssaPacker.run_omssa_aws2ez2_unix("file").should be_true
> end
> end
> ...spec code...
>
> Returns:
> should run the perl file
> expected true, got ""Program: omssa_aws2ez2.pl ...output from perl
> program about command line options..."
>
> It seems that the attempts to mock Kernel are being ignored and it's
> just running the scripts anyway. I'm guessing that I'm setting up the
> mock incorrectly, but I'm not sure how.
>
> I've also tried Kernel.stub!(:system).and_return(true) with the same results.
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Hi Joey,
In Ruby, any time you send a message without an explicit receiver, the
message has an implicit receiver of 'self'. So from this we can infer
that you don't want to stub Kernel#system, but rather
OmssaPacker.system. The other side of the coin for understanding this
is that while the method is defined in Kernel, it's not defined ON
Kernel. Kernel is a module that's mixed into Object, so its methods are
defined on all Objects.
Kernel.should_receive(:system).with(/omssa_aws2ez2_unix\.pl/).and_return(true)
is what you're looking for.
Pat
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