On 26 Jan 2011, at 13:34, Rob Aldred wrote:
> I'm having a bit of trouble stubbing out a method on a model which has some
> quite specific behaviour.
> Basically I want to check the method returns something different after ive
> called update_attributes
>
> eg.
>
> @exam.draft? (returns true)
> @exam.update_attributes(params[:exam]) # sets draft to false
> @exam.draft? (returns false)
>
> To give this some context, if the exam is a draft and update_attributes sets
> draft to false
> then we want to redirect to the show view instead of edit because only exams
> that are draft can be edited.
>
> if @exam.draft?
> @exam.update_attributes param[:exam]
> end
>
> if @exam.draft?
> redirect_to :action => :edit
> else
> redirect_to :action => :show
> end
>
> I can obviously set consecutive values with and_return(true,false)
> but this feels a bit unreliable? maybe im just confusing myself
>
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Hi Rob,
It sounds to me like you're trying to test two different behaviours in one 'it'
block, something like:
it "redirects based on whether the exam is a draft" do
@exam.stub!(:draft).and_return(true, false)
#make request, assert response redirected to edit
#make request again, assert reponse redirected to edit
end
To describe your behaviour more clearly, you might want to consider splitting
this test and using contexts, something along the lines of...
describe "your action" do
context "when exam is a draft" do
@exam.stub!(:draft).and_return(true)
it "redirects to edit" do
end
end
context "when exam is final" do
@exam.stub!(:draft).and_return(false)
it "redirects to "show" do
end
end
end
Which gives you the benefit of making what you need to stub obvious based on
the context.
Hope that helps,
Tom
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