On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Lille <lille.pengu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess I depart from the BDD line, because I feel that if I test a
> module and I test that the host implements it when expected, then that
> should be enough. For example, if I have a module whose single method
> has four possible results and then I implement it in 4 hosts, I might
> have to have as much as 16 tests versus my approach's 8,
> alternatively.

   (snip)

> Of course, it seems like testing the invocations of the module has no
> facility in RSpec, due, perhaps, to the BDD approach, which, I allow,
> I may come to see as wiser, with more experience.

RSpec provides easy access to message expectations for things like that.

In the case of a single module included in several places, I would
probably specify the behavior in one place (either directly against
the model, or using a fake wrapper if necessary), and then use a
message expectation to check that you've hooked everything up. E.g.:

require 'spec_helper'

class FilterTesterController < ApplicationController

  before_filter :some_filter, :only => [:wrap_some_filter]
  def wrap_some_filter
    # whatever
  end
end

describe FilterTesterController, "#some_filter" do

  before(:each) do
    MyApp::Application.routes.draw do
      get :wrap_some_filter, :to => 'filter_tester#wrap_some_filter',
:as => 'originating'
    end
  end

  after(:each) do
    MyApp::Application.reload_routes!
  end

  it "does what I expect it to" do
    get :wrap_some_filter
    # expectation
  end
end

describe "One or all of your other classes that include the module" do
  it "is hooked up" do
    YourModule.should_receive(:the_method).with :some_params
    get :some_action # or YourClass.new.some_method or whatever
  end
end

Cheers,
Katrina
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