So playing around with things, it appears I didn't remember to put in the
and_return(@article)... so I changed my before to look something like this:
describe "handling POST /accounts/article" do
before(:each) do
@article = mock_model(Article, :to_param => '1')
@account = mock_model(Account)
controller.stub!(:current_account).and_return(@account)
@account.stub!(:articles).and_return(@article)
Article.stub!(:new).and_return(@article)
@article.should_receive(:new).and_return(@article)
end
Now, I still don't entirely understand what I'm doing, so if someone can
explain it or point me to a good blog article, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Like I said before though, I've looked around and read over the
documentation several times, but for some reason, my mind just isn't
grasping the associations :(
David Parker
http://davidwparker.com
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:07 PM, David Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hello!
>
> So I'm having some problems working out some probably really easy
> associations in Rails. I've Googled around and read some things on
> different Rails forums and blogs, but I just haven't seen many solid
> examples.
>
> Anyway, my question is a basic "how do I use RSpec with stubs/mocks through
> associations for methods"...
> perhaps code would be more clear. Here's my controller:
>
> def create
> @article = current_account.article.create(params[:article])
> respond_to do |format|
> if @article.save
> flash[:success] = 'Article was successfully saved.'
> format.html { redirect_to(accounts_article_path(@article)) }
> else
> format.html { render :action => "new" }
> end
> end
> end
>
> And here is my corresponding spec:
>
> describe "handling POST /accounts/articles" do
> before(:each) do
> @article = mock_model(Article, :to_param => '1')
> @account = mock_model(Account)
> controller.stub!(:current_account).and_return(@account)
> @account.stub!(:articles).and_return(@article)
> @article.should_receive(:create)
> end
>
> describe "with successful save" do
> def do_post
> @article.should_receive(:save).and_return(true)
> post :create, :article => {}
> end
>
> it "should redirect to the new article" do
> do_post
> response.should redirect_to(accounts_article_url(@article))
> end
> end
>
> describe "with failed save" do
> def do_post
> @article.should_receive(:save).and_return(false)
> post :create, :article => {}
> end
>
> it "should re-render 'new'" do
> do_post
> response.should render_template('new')
> end
> end
> end
>
> I'm getting a couple of errors from this and I can't tell why. I have
> something similar done for non-associated models with no problem.
> NoMethodError in 'Accounts::ArticlesController handling POST
> /accounts/articles with failed save should re-render 'new''
> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
>
> I'm sure that speccing associations can't be that bad... I just don't
> really know what to look for.
>
> Dave, I can't wait for your book to come out!
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> David Parker
>
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