On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Ramon Tayag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:52 PM, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Ramon Tayag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I was reading some old posts on how we shouldn't test private methods,
>>> but there seemed to be an exception for states.
>>>
>>> When my model enters a state, a method is executed. (:on => Proc ...)
>>> I just want to test this method. I couldn't find much material on it.
>>> How can I go about this?
>>
>> While there are always exceptions to guidelines, I've never seen a
>> general exception to "don't test privates" for states.
>>
>> Are you averse to just going at this from the public API?
> Not sure if I'm understanding right, but no, I can make the method
> public -- I just got used to methods, that aren't (or don't need to
> be) called by anything but its owner, being private.
I didn't mean make the methods public. I meant use the public API.
For example, this:
describe Dog do
it "should increase its heart rate when the postman arrives" do
dog = Dog.new
lambda {dog.see Postman.new}.should change{dog.heartrate}.by(10)
end
end
rather than this:
describe Dog do
it "should transition to an agitated state when the postman arrives" do
dog = Dog.new
dog.should_receive(:transition_to).with(:agitated)
dog.see Postman.new
end
end
Make sense?
>
> If I make it public it solves my question somewhat :)
>
> Thanks,
> Ramon Tayag
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ramon Tayag
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