Robert Dober wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Raghu Somaraju <somar...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Thank you Robert. That works. I should have used the "current_user" >> instead >> of @_current_user in the first place. >> >> But, if I do want to use @_current_user, how do I pass on that instance >> variable to the controller from spec? > > Short answer: Do not do it: Mocking is here to simulate behavior and > ivars are here to implement state. (caching state in our case) > > Long answer: Although I believe that the above said is often true > there must be exceptions, I adapted a relish test to show you how it > works: > https://gist.github.com/711904 > > Cheers > Robert > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > >
Thank you once again Robert, for answering my question. I understand the reasoning. I realized it when you gave the solution to my original problem of this thread. But, out of curiosity wanted to know if it was possible. raghu -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-mock-a-logged-in-user-tp30278143p30300615.html Sent from the rspec-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
